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...fresh recruits, usually teenagers from local villages and radical madrasahs, or seminaries, in nearby Pakistan. The commanders' effectiveness determines how much money and how many guns and new jihadis are doled out to them by the Taliban's secretive, 10-man military council, whose members move back and forth across the Pakistan border, Kabul officials...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: War in the Shadows | 10/3/2005 | See Source »

...turned unmistakably into squid-hunting," says Kubodera. No squid took the bait until Sept. 30, 2004, when an 8-m giant with a taste for prawns impaled itself on the hook. For the next four hours the camera clicked while the squid struggled to free itself, swimming back and forth until one of its 5.5-m-long tentacles finally tore off its body. The team hauled the still-moving limb to the surface, where they examined it. (Disappointingly, the team passed on eating it?Mori, who had previously sampled a dead giant squid, dismisses it as "extremely salty and bitter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Catch of the Century | 10/3/2005 | See Source »

...life is getting away from him too. His tennis game isn't what it used to be. His wife, restless in his shadow, has turned to writing and got a story in the New Yorker. She has also called off their marriage, leaving their two sons shuffling back and forth between alternate parents. Bernard advises the boys (badly) on dating and on which of the books they're studying is second rate, but he is failing Fatherhood 101. The only course he excels at is Midlife Crisis. He has made such a mess of things, it might be the stuff...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Movies: The Very Bad Dad | 10/2/2005 | See Source »

...Crimson’s offense was also led by a freshman, Danny Bilotti. Bilotti already made a name for himself during the season, but burst forth with three goals for Harvard last night...

Author: By Megha Parekh, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Brown Sunk In Ivy Battle | 9/30/2005 | See Source »

...defense especially seemed to be a little big listless, and Johnson really had to step up to the plate and to put forth an amazing performance for the game. Johnson had an impressive 11 saves for the game, including a couple extraordinary dives...

Author: By Abigail M. Baird, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Another Shutout Sparks Men's Soccer | 9/22/2005 | See Source »

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