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...charge of transit houses in Peshawar, the Pakistani border town. He became a kind of admissions officer, deciding which volunteers would be accepted for terrorist training. As a cover, he posed as a honey merchant but nonetheless attracted notice from the Pakistanis, who raided the halfway houses in 1997. Zubaydah fled to Afghanistan. He was promoted to director of the Khalden training camp near Jalalabad, where he indoctrinated many Europe-based Arabs. As a French official explains, "He was clearly establishing contacts with people he could call upon when his al-Qaeda superiors told him to mount an operation...
...while the Crimson held Cornell at bay, it could not generate any offensive pressure, and the Crimson defense finally broke down halfway through the final period...
Hour six. The flight is more than halfway done and the cast of characters have all but faded into the background with the whir of the engine. Glamourpuss drifts off to sleep knowing that when the plane touches down, the neighborhood will once again become a random group of people, each with a different story to tell and a different trip to take...
Mager started out his Harvard career in left field before briefly switching to third and then settling in at short halfway into his freshman campaign. Now a wizened senior, Mager is looking forward to being part of a powerful lineup this year with an experienced infield full of strong veteran leaders...
...Paul, Minn. is halfway across the country from Boston. It is a four-hour flight, a 23-hour drive, a 29-hour bus ride and a 31-hour train trip...