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...Europeans, the events of Monicagate not only unraveled a loosely-knit presidency but also tarnished a dream that has inspired the continent since the First World War. The United States, under the dubious leadership of President Clinton, has fallen from the high ground that earned it the respect and sometimes the envy of much of the world. The nation no longer stands alone as the stronghold of democracy and ideals that Europeans could rely on as unwavering in the pursuit of the good and the just. America, it seems, doesn't know what is good or just anymore...
...windowless warren of cubicles in the CIA's Langley, Va., headquarters--had set up a special bin Laden task force. Analysts were assigned to read every word the Saudi had spoken or written. Computers with sophisticated "link analysis" programs were busy printing out diagrams of bin Laden's loose-knit network, which included thousands of Muslim fighters with varying degrees of allegiance to him in almost a dozen countries. In early 1996, intelligence sources tell TIME, the CIA also began making plans to "snatch" Osama from a foreign country and bring him to the U.S. for trial. But bin Laden...
...holiday season, and Tad Leary really needs to knit up all that the year has unraveled. Tad has broken up with his boyfriend, lost his Manhattan apartment and found himself fired from his teaching job at the lauded Excelsior prep school. During a single day right before Christmas, Tad embarks on a round of partygoing that takes him through his past, and, he hopes, will help him make sense...
...becomes a closer event," Porges says. "I think at one time pre-randomization, it might have lived up to its name more accurately, but now it provides a closer knit environment...
Leaders of AEPi say they hope to create a tight-knit group by organizing regular dinners and athletic events...