Word: gathering
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...They'll be looking for targets of opportunity, and hunting for people and intelligence. The special forces who operate from these Blackhawk helicopters will be under orders to gather up computers, paper, any sort of stuff that might expose how Al Qaida is put together. The questions, though are how well hidden these guys are, will the U.S. get any actionable intelligence, and will they be able to act on it. Any operations will be custom crafted from the ground up; there is no template. It will depend on intelligence, and the real situation as it develops on the ground...
...swashbuckling entrepreneurs from around the globe. Nightclubs like the Art Deco Ciro's and elegant hotels like the Cathay earned the city its nickname: the Paris of the Orient. And today, after decades in eclipse, Shanghai is once again red hot and swinging. As CEOs and heads of state gather there in October for conferences prior to the annual Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation meeting, they will find plenty to do in their leisure time. Crumbling colonial villas have been converted into funky bars and eateries, and grand theaters and museums now ring the once uninviting People's Square...
...wake of the Sept. 11 attacks on New York City and the Pentagon, Americans find themselves looking over their shoulders at every turn. Is it safe to fly? Safe to gather in a public place? Safe even to drink our own tap water...
...best protect Americans from this new threat? No defense can ever be foolproof, and a free society will always be vulnerable to those who would abuse its liberties. As a result, preparation appears to be the best means of crisis prevention. The U.S. must gather as much information as possible about the biological weapon stores of other nations, train infection control teams and secure stores of vaccines and poison antidotes. Simulated scenarios like “Dark Winter,” rehearsed on a broader scale, can help the U.S. improve its response to a possible attack. An efficient...
...House communities don’t fare much better. Theoretically, each of the Houses is supposed to have a Junior Common Room where students can gather to read, socialize and meet in an informal setting. These beautiful, frequently wood-paneled rooms are the sort of places Harvard plasters over its brochures, enticing naïve applicants with dreams of endless intellectual discourse in quaint, posh settings. In reality, however, most Junior Common Rooms are not hangout havens, but overflow rehearsal space. They are usually booked well in advance by homeless a cappella groups and roving theater productions...