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...border. And after allegedly discovering evidence of the Inter Services Intelligence agency's abiding ties to militant networks, Washington no longer trusts the Pakistani military with its operational intelligence. The U.S. also believes that the Pakistani army, equipped for conventional warfare against India, is ill suited to the counterinsurgency mission in the tribal areas...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Zardari Tries to Keep His Distance from US | 9/24/2008 | See Source »

...liked to hold Susie in his lap - but in private, his wife kept hoping that once they had enough money (between $8 million and $10 million, she figured), Buffett would cut back on work and finally pay attention to his family. What she didn't realize was that the mission Buffett had embarked upon when he was 6 years old and selling gum and Coke to his neighbors would never stop. The quest to amass wealth - but not to spend it, as his license plate, THRIFTY, suggested - would take him all the way to being the richest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Warren Buffett Tells All: The Women in His Life | 9/23/2008 | See Source »

...We’ve got to find ways to become more efficient at what we do to continue to fulfill our mission,” Bailey said...

Author: By June Q. Wu, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Cambridge Health Alliance May Consolidate Health Care Services | 9/23/2008 | See Source »

...have a laser-like focus on becoming doctors or investment bankers. Some of that derision may be deserved. But there is much to admire in pursuing a clearly articulated career goal. For those without a professional plan (and even for those who do have one) there is an implicit mission inherent in attending the world’s greatest university: to sate one’s intellectual curiosity. No minor administrative hurdles and no trivial commute should stand in the way, no matter what the subject at hand...

Author: By Samuel H. Lipoff | Title: Whither Accounting? | 9/22/2008 | See Source »

Heroes' canvas is too vast to tell if the show is fixed yet. One weakness is the need for better villains. Uber-baddie Sylar (Zachary Quinto) is up to his old tricks; his menace and mission (stealing superheroes' powers by killing them) are too familiar to be scary anymore. He's a popular villain, but Season 3 will have to figure out how to avoid becoming his hostage...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: New TV Series — Last Year's Strike Victims — Get a Do-Over | 9/18/2008 | See Source »

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