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No question, the husbanding contract provides the potential for mischief. Husbanding agents arrange everything from fuel to spare parts to fresh vegetables for vessels at ports of call. More critically, they often provide security, like erecting concrete barriers and what the military calls ?force protection.? Husbanding agents often learn weeks...
Caught off guard by the mayhem and powerless to stop it, U.S. officials could only offer general expressions of optimism. "Obviously it's a blow," Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice told journalists as her plane crossed Iraqi airspace after a five-day swing through the Middle East, "but whenever someone...
For U.S. officials, that remains a tough line to swallow. Since the fall of Saddam Hussein in 2003, al-Sadr's behavior has ranged from irritating to intolerable. Details of al-Sadr's personal life are a closely guarded secret: he is thought to be in his mid-30s. He...
PHILADELPHIA—On Friday night, Harvard was able at long last to shake off the sedative effects of two crushing last-second losses.Whether due to wounded pride over eight straight losses to Penn, the inspiring atmosphere of The Palestra, or the realization that a once-promising season is nearly...
Professors, keen on retaining their increased access to the Corporation, have been guarded in discussing their conversations with its members. But in recent interviews, professors have pointed out a rising level of interest among some Corporation members in the crisis brewing on campus.