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...Crimson defense, meanwhile, held the Terriers without a shot for the entire first half. A poised back line waited and anticipated their long passes, then stepped up to intercept them and start the offensive...
...awake through a lecture in Sanders Theatre, hear the tourists bargaining with security at the entrance to Widener Library, stare back at the passers-by looking through the open curtains of your suite, or watch as the staff at Annenberg sprints to the hall’s entrance to intercept disobedient and/or ignorant tourists intent on taking pictures of that sacred space. As Harvard students, we go to school in a tourist attraction and as such have a day-to-day college dynamic just a little different than we would anywhere else...
...from happening. One hopes that some sense of loyalty to the founding principles of our government, where power is supposed to lie with the legislature, would make it impossible. Then again if the USA PATRIOT Act (full title: "Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism”) is any example, maybe we just better hope that HR163 doesn’t get a better acronym...
...Defense Department in Washington. Franklin rattled off a series of questions. He wanted to know if the Iraqi, who had spent the past decade working with Ahmad Chalabi's Iraqi National Congress (I.N.C.), could recall whether anyone at the I.N.C. had discussed the U.S.'s ability to intercept and decode Iran's secret communications. The Iraqi, who knew Franklin's name but had never met him, was startled by the call. "How about discussing Iranian codes with a drunken American? Had anyone ever done that?" Franklin wanted to know. For nearly half an hour, Franklin quizzed him about Pentagon officials...
...with half a cup of fuel remaining. After a check of their permits and belongings, the Papuans are given fuel, food and water and, with great relief and gratitude, they continue their journey to Yorke. Based on Thursday Island, Leeman has joined the crew of the Hervey Bay to intercept a 10-kg cargo of cannabis. A week ago, a cross-border patrol of P.N.G. waters by Botany Bay (carrying law-enforcement agents from both countries) produced intelligence about the shipment, the name of a suspected importer, and the likely drop-off time; the Yorke funeral provides a cover...