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...possesses the ceremonial trappings of his office--a presidential guard and an off-tune military band--the real power lies elsewhere. Defense Minister Mohammed Qasim Fahim and Interior Minister Younus Qanooni both arrive for memorial prayers with a retinue of armed warriors. The assorted dignitaries remove their shoes to enter the local mosque. Karzai later notes with black humor that a Cabinet member's shoes were stolen. It's a tough crowd...
...find out how that equation works, you have to get inside the Carly Fiorina mindset. Enter her well-appointed corner cubicle, and she will tell you about how successful companies have to accelerate change and embrace risk--something she says she learned as a sales manager at the once great and now battered Lucent. "If two years from now we want 10% growth," she says, "we have to keep moving into new categories...
...equally positive results. They say JROTC exploits minority kids by dangling a carrot of financial security in front of them. According to a 1995 study, paid for by the American Friends Service Committee and called Making Soldiers in the Public Schools, 45% of all cadets who successfully complete JROTC enter a branch of the service. "A 14-year-old is no match for the Department of Defense in sorting out the military's claims," says study co-author Catherine Lutz, an anthropology professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill...
...Only Muslims can enter the city and during the Hajj everyone must have a pilgrim pass. The super-rich take a suite at the Intercontinental overlooking the Grand Mosque, paying $15,000 for the stay. Others find humbler lodgings. At 2 a.m., Abdur Rashid, an Indian engineer employed in Jeddah, is eating kebabs and bread with his wife in the open square in front of the mosque. "They are asking for 500 riyals ($145) for a room in the hotels," he says. "It's nice enough here, and in a little while we'll move into the mosque and sleep...
...controlled the game for the majority of the first half. A pair of three-pointers from junior guard Patrick Harvey gave the Crimson a 34-28 lead with five minutes to play in the first half, but the Bears seized the momentum, going on a 18-6 run to enter the half with a 46-40 lead...