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...these concerns pale before the importance of the program. It would have been a scandal if the NSA had not been using these tools to track down the bad guys. There is evidence that the information harvested helped foil several plots and disrupt al-Qaeda operations...
...anything?s certain it?s that Stern won?t have the FCC to kick around anymore (and vice versa). Of course, while the FCC may have cost Stern?s broadcasters buckets of cash, the content police created a brilliant comedic foil, allowing Stern to portray himself as an anti-establishment crusader, fighting uptight Washington bureaucrats with his renegade style. Will Howard Unbound be as funny as the guy who could always pull some boundary-skirting stunt to keep his audience amused? Stay tuned for The King of All Media?s answer...
...sounds like a hundred,” Harvard coach Peter Brand said. “It’s a real playoff atmosphere,” said sophomore epee Edward Sherrill. The largest cheering section centered on the area of the room in which the men’s foil was taking place. Crimson junior Enoch Woodhouse won his opening match in a tightly contested affair by jumping over his opponent’s attack and spearing him in the back. The energetic crowd responded to the winning move with cheers of “Whose house? Woodhouse...
...placed second for the national championship in every season since 1990. The men were led by undefeated performances from epee fencers senior Julian Rose, junior Ian Lindblom, and sophomores Benjamin Ungar and Edward Sherrill. Brand referred to the foursome as the top epee fencing squad in the country. Freshmen foil Kai Itameri-Kinter and saber Scott DiGiulio showed great potential in the competition. “It was [one of] their first college meet[s] and they came out big time for us,” Brand said. “I think it made the difference today...
...almost plaintive as he pleads for patience with Iraq's fledgling democracy. Last week he showed off a gift he received from President George W. Bush, a gold-foil-covered box containing a worn, leather-bound 19th century copy of the Federalist papers. Al-Jaafari has read the book in translation and cites the extensive debates over the ratification of the U.S. Constitution as a reason that the Iraqi democracy should not be rushed. When Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice visited on Nov. 11, he told her he didn't want to have to "start at the beginning...