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...faces and has learned of more links between them than any but the most nimble fingered could ever untangle. After nearly two months, there is much that we know about the global terrorist network that goes by the name of al-Qaeda-but an awful lot that is still hunch. Still, an international investigation by Time into al-Qaeda's structure reveals that it is more global in its range, and more ruthless in its ideology, than all but its most dedicated students could have ever imagined...
...once-statuesque colonial-era buildings had become mere shells with “4 crumbling walls and not much else.” Cars were burnt out and destroyed and Edgar discovered that his favorite hang-out spot was riddled with bullet holes. Edgar’ original hunch that the nation’s political leaders had “given up” on the country was proved correct—almost all the senior government ministers had escaped, leaving the nation with “an overwhelming feeling of defenseless?...
...observe its admissions meetings. In Cornell's distinct parlance, renaissance students were dubbed "spread too thin." The admission officers also had a highly refined ability to detect whether kids were undertaking activity after activity to pad their resumes - or out of genuine enthusiasm. Sometimes this was just a hunch, other times committee members added up the time students claimed to spend on various extracurriculars only to realize the total exceeded the number of hours in a school week. In the final decision-making process, idiosyncrasy trumped well-roundedness nearly every time...
...late. While United and Delta were spending millions in the 90?s on integrating regional jets into their operations, US Airways was twiddling its thumbs. Now, just after pilots' unions at those two master carriers have walked away with industry-leading contracts, US Airways is telling its pilots to hunch over and fly smaller planes at less pay. Hardly an enticing offer - for the pilots or their unions - and hardly a promising way to slim down an airline that?s long been too bloated to keep its profits above sea level...
...Dwight Fee: This is my hunch: This is a pretty conservative time for gay and lesbian life, with lots of exceptions. I had my students read an article by Jeffrey Weeks, talking about how a lot of straight couples are breaking up and having a hard time keeping it together in a de-traditionalizing world. At the same time, I think a lot of gay and lesbian couples are rediscovering family. Particularly among lesbian couples, there is a new fervor around adoption and kids (gay men too, but on a smaller scale). There's a new kind of desirability...