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...degrees of accuracy," noted Rumsfeld, "[but] they can't crawl around on the ground and find people." The next day the Defense Secretary went to Whiteman Air Force base in Missouri as reports flew that special forces were already on the ground. His hints were as broad as the grin he flashed when servicemen bellowed training chants behind him. "The safest way one can deal with an issue like that is not to get involved in discussing it," he said before turning to Missouri Congressman Ike Skelton and suggesting they eat lunch. On the other side of the world, crew...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Into The Fray | 10/29/2001 | See Source »

...Chaman border, tribal leader Achakzai listens to a village cleric oozing messianic praise of the Taliban. When the mullah gathers his robes and exits from the dark, carpeted room into a courtyard of flies and the blinding white light of the desert, Achakzai says with a grin: "Once the Taliban falls, that mullah will be cheering the return of Zahir Shah." Loyalty is something the Taliban can no longer count on among all its fellow tribesmen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Country On Edge | 10/15/2001 | See Source »

...yellow sports car embellished with the welcoming bumper sticker, “Free hugs, one size fits all.” Though not moronic by any measure, Corky lacks common sense and is naive to the ways of the world. His innocence is cute, and his incessant grin begs you to just run up and pinch his little cheeks. And aside from the standard problem of trying to put an overfed, bloated cat to sleep, things are going well for him, until he recieves a phone call from his estranged family. He quickly finds out that not only...

Author: By Cassandra Cummings, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Secret Agent Man: Uncorked | 10/12/2001 | See Source »

...March, Sulzer Medica executives flew Scruggs to their headquarters in Winterthur, Switzerland. "Does everybody know what the IRS is?" Scruggs drawled before the stone-faced suits. "Well, I feel like an IRS agent who says he's here to help." He didn't get so much as a grin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Legal Strategy: Hiring A Fox... | 10/8/2001 | See Source »

...sand left and right with an exuberant four-wheeled scrawl. Leaning in and cresting another ridge, dodging stray camels and shrubs, I glimpse an endless sea of pristine dunes to pulverize. Even after I'm beckoned in and take off my helmet, I can't swallow my grin. Perera explains I'm merely the latest in a long line to go buggy berserk. "Five years ago, nobody ever thought of Dubai as an adventure sports location," he says. "Now there are over 100 companies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Adrenaline Junkies Find a Fix in Dubai | 10/1/2001 | See Source »

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