Word: extentions
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...many, Grafton had served both as an extension of the office to a certain extent as well as as a regular gathering place—so much so, that at the party, Hicky says she knew or at least recognized many of the guests...
...from clear that he's losing. That's not simply because he remains at large while reports of his spokesmen threatening new terror outrages have become a media staple. It's because an important measure of Bin Laden's strategic success or failure is the extent to which his worldview is embraced, or repudiated, on the Arab street. The fundamental strategic objective of al-Qaeda's terrorism is to channel the widespread anti-American anger in the Muslim world into the overthrow of pro-Western rulers, and their replacement by radical Islamist regimes. Whether the targets of its attacks...
...extent of the threat posed by the Taliban/al-Qaeda guerrilla campaign is difficult to gauge. But what is clear is that even though the peacekeeping mission has been formally taken over by Turkish forces, the ongoing guerrilla campaign continues to keep thousands of U.S. troops busy in Afghanistan more than six months after Karzai's transitional administration was first installed in Kabul. Clearly, the mission involves more than simply mopping up a few desperadoes. It looks likely to continue as long as Mullah Omar and his ilk are able to find support and succor among the locals...
...Greek word that literally means 'lifting of the veil.' In an apocalyptic age, people feel that the veil of normal, secular reality is lifting, and we can see behind the scenes, see where God and the devil, good and evil are fighting to control the future." To the extent that more people in the U.S. and around the world believe history is accelerating, that ancient prophecies are being fulfilled in real time, "it changes the way people feel about their circumstances, and the way they act. The grays are beginning to leak out of the way people view the world...
...deeply troubled Yokohama family. Mom abandoned the home years before on the advice of a fortune-teller. His brother suffers from a genetic disorder called Williams syndrome which, among other things, leaves him literally without a sense of direction. Kazuki's older sister, Mohi, is even more rudderless: the extent of her ambition seems to be part-time prostitution. At the head of this clan is Hidetomo, the almost comically loathsome pachinko-chain owner and abusive drunkard who views his children as "nonperforming assets." Hidetomo's malevolence goes unnoticed outside his family, however, as he sits on the board...