Word: laird
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...With reporting by Deborah Fowler/Atlanta, Laird Harrison/Oakland, Elizabeth Rudulph/New York and Maggie Sieger/Chicago
...Reported by William Dowell/New York, Laird Harrison/Oakland, Calif., Michael McBride/Detroit, Tim Roche/Pensacola and Adam Zagorin/Washington
...this case, however, evidence is a little hard to come by. "Black Ops" don't leave paper trails, and that allows for official deniability. Cohen's Vietnam-era predecessor, Melvin Laird, claims the U.S. shipped a "small amount" of sarin to Saigon in 1967, but never used it. "I have no recollection of any operation like that," Laird told reporters Monday. "It doesn't seem logical to me." As for retired admiral Thomas Moorer, the former chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff who told CNN reporter Peter Arnett that President Nixon had approved the use of sarin -- well, Moorer...
...descent, about 11% of the applicants accepted in 1997, made up just 6% this year. Taken together, African Americans, Native Americans and Latinos of all backgrounds, who constitute about 34% of the state's population, account for just a tenth of this year's admissions. Berkeley admissions director Bob Laird argues that "the outcomes might have been significantly worse had the new policy not been adopted." He may be right, but to a great many Californians, that's cold comfort...
...With reporting by Dan Cray/Laguna Beach and Laird Harrison/Oakland