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...seven-month-long Pakistani offensive designed to flush bin Laden from Waziristan has come up empty. The Pakistanis say bin Laden is hiding in Afghanistan, while the Afghans agree with the Americans that he's on the Pakistan side. Says Lieut. General David Barno, U.S. commander of coalition forces in Afghanistan: "They probably feel more protected by their foreign fighters in remote areas inside Pakistan...
...himself, but it was I who needed to find him. As July drew towards its end, we knew the best bathrooms in Kyoto, yet still didn’t have an essay topic. I, however, did get the epiphany: when it comes to family, sometimes you just have to flush your carefully laid plans down the drain...
Social-networking firms claim their software can help close sales about 25% faster, assuming they can overcome some workplace resistance. Skeptics are turned off by the notion of software sifting through their electronic Rolodexes, calendars and e-mail; and a rising star flush with contacts might not relish sharing them with a co-worker--particularly one who might be competing for the same promotion...
...only natural ecosystems and agricultural enterprises but also the multiple amenities that people living in the West have for so long taken for granted: ski resorts and golf courses, green lawns and lush gardens, swimming pools and hot tubs, not to mention such modern necessities as dishwashers and flush toilets and the hydropower that keeps refrigerators and home computers humming. Caught off guard, political leaders and water-resource managers have been turning to scientists for help. What do researchers know about patterns of drought in North America? What do they think occurred in the mid-1990s when a big chunk...
...that the reluctant Michael Whouley, a genius organizer, take over the Iowa field operation. He decided to opt out of the federal campaign-finance system, which limits the amount that can be spent in each primary state, even though he had always been a supporter of public financing. Dean, flush with cash, was going to spend as much as he could in Iowa. Kerry, broke, needed to compete. He overhauled his stump speech and, in doing so, resolved an endless staff argument about how to deal with Dean. "Bob Shrum was on one side," says Cherny, referring to the famous...