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...learn the extent of their misconduct, Dartboard smiled to herself as she plopped down next to her comrades. Their purpose wasclear: they wanted details; but, of course, they couldn’t just come out and say so. In true morning-after form, Dartboard was forced to field indirect questions whose sole purpose was to expose late-night faux...
...Kandahar meeting seems quite plausible, however, given other evidence that’s come to light. For one thing, bin Laden’s “official biographer,” Hamid Mir of al Jazeera, has made indirect reference to it. Harvard lecturer and terrorism specialist Jessica Stern, a former Clinton official, writes in Foreign Affairs that Mir claims to have “‘personal knowledge’ that [Hijazi] tried to contact bin Laden in Afghanistan as early...
...night, tend to live very long lives. The tranquillity of their minds promotes longevity. Naturally, eating more food requires the body to work harder to digest it, resulting in more wear and tear on the body's organs; similarly, a tranquil mind requires little energy. Genetics plays only an indirect role, for tranquil-minded, sparely eating parents tend to raise their children to be the same. Tawit Chitsomboon Nakornratchasima, Thailand...
...unlikely that China will unseat Tung anytime soon. That would be too radical a move and would be seen as an indirect attack on Jiang, Tung's sponsor. Indeed, the old boys' club that is the core of Hong Kong's government isn't disbanding yet, nor have all its members gone into overdrive to clean up their acts. In the middle of last week's demonstration, pro-Tung legislators leaving the Legco building used a bus to get through the crowds of protesters; news photographers snapped one politician, Philip Wong, flashing his middle finger at the people outside...
...said she was thrilled by the new contact, as indirect...