Word: gathering
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...child from retaliation.) They even have a "red cell" made up of a dozen analysts who try to think like bin Laden and dream up ways he might attack. But on the ground the CIA must count on local agents who can blend in to do surveillance or gather information. Theoretically, there are four ways to take...
...have reminded proctors and non-resident freshman advisers of changes that will make the process of arranging an international experience far easier for students, and of changes in how students will gather information about programs,” she writes in an e-mail...
...next day, after consulting with President A. Lawrence Lowell, Class of 1877, Greenough asked Lee, Regent Matthew Luce, Class of 1891, Gay and Assistant Dean Kenneth B. Murdock to gather evidence on the case to be submitted to the President. They called this five-person body “The Court...
...When world leaders gather, they turn bustling cities into Hollywood sets. Hosts scrub 1200 year old buildings until their facades are unnaturally bright and cordon off well-swept streets to thwart protesters and terrorists. In Prague this week, there was very little stir in famous Wenceslas Square and in restaurants rows of starchy napkins stood tented at each empty place. Diners had either been deterred by police cordons or fled the city to avoid the potential traffic nightmare...
While the Bush administration has shown a callous attitude towards the rights of Iraqi nationals, another new program threatens the privacy of all Americans. Called “Total Information Awareness,” this Pentagon-initiated program proposes to gather personal electronic information including credit card and bank statements, travel plans and e-mail, without a warrant. Total Information Awareness would infringe on the Constitutional right to privacy—foreshadowing a world reminiscent of the chilling vision George Orwell described in 1984. Without a warrant, the government should not be privy to personal information...