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...then, last October, she moved to an inner-city neighborhood in Minneapolis. The name next to her buzzer gave no hint of her paternity -- it read simply Qubilah. ("Really a fabulous person," says her building's owner, Mansoor Alyeshmerni. "Quiet and intelligent, very respectful.") But according to U.S. Attorney Lillehaug, she came to Minnesota with a purpose. FBI audio- and videotapes, he claims, indicate that she made eight phone calls in July and August to a Minnesota resident contracting the murder of Farrakhan and, upon arrival, she made a down payment on the job. If convicted, she could receive...
...himself realizes its superiority to any E., however A. His illustration includes one of the key "Wake Up the Grader" phrases--"It is absurd." What force! What gall! What fun! "Ridiculous," "hopeless," "nonsense," on the one hand; "doubtless," "obvious," "unquestionable," on the other, will have the same effect. A hint of nostalgic, anti-academic languor at this stage as well may match the grader's own mood: "It seems more than obvious to one entangled in the petty quibbles of contemporary Medievalists--at times, indeed, approaching the ludicrous--that smile as we may at its follies, or denounce its barbarities...
Municipal bond holders around the country had more than the Orange County disaster to worry about. Greenspan's strong hint last week that the Federal Reserve will continue to push up interest rates heightened worries that more governments with overleveraged portfolios heavily based on interest-rate bets could be forced to default. Already this year, derivatives have produced a bitter legacy: such disparate groups as the State of Florida, the University of Minnesota and a Shoshone Indian tribe have reported financial hits from these risky securities. "I think there will be more ((crises)) coming through the pipeline," asserts Dick Larkin...
...film maker's intentions are never revealed too soon. One must wait patiently for a sign, a hint, a gift from the director. Only then is it possible to recognize the significance of the film's many layers. Only then does it finally come into focus...
...place like Harvard, even the merest hint of censorship is a matter of the utmost concern. To accuse the institution of censorship is to question its legitimacy. To allege that its administrators are using their authority to censor the ideas of others is to suggest that they are unfit for their jobs. In short, the term should not be bandied about lightly...