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...thrown for a loop by the gun-happy, axiom-spitting Charlie. James questions the wisdom behind Charlie’s actions, only to find that Charlie knows what he’s doing. In his role as apprentice-cum-sidekick, James gradually learns more about what his mission entails, as well as his own inner nature...

Author: By Rebecca A. Schuetz, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: From Paris With Love | 2/9/2010 | See Source »

...James discovers, the drug-busting mission they set out on is really a mission to trace the money back to a circle of Pakistani terrorists. These Pakistanis are the center of a labyrinth of cocaine and prostitution, and hang around with explosive vests on their tables. Furthermore, their plot is to infiltrate the U.S. Embassy with explosives hidden beneath their burqas...

Author: By Rebecca A. Schuetz, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: From Paris With Love | 2/9/2010 | See Source »

...sophisticated society. Those sentiments are echoed loudly by Joe Talaugon, a 79-year-old Chumash elder who visited the site early on with Saint Onge and is also a co-author of the study. Although he says that the Chumash people's traditions were "stripped" by the Spanish mission system that ruled California 200 years ago, Talaugon believes that the arborglyph and its implications empower the ongoing cultural renaissance among those of Chumash descent. In recent years, Chumash revivalists have built and paddled plank canoes into the sea, developed a linguistic textbook and learned to perform the music and dancing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Tree Carving in California: Ancient Astronomers? | 2/9/2010 | See Source »

During one of the rounds, Cortez popped up and said, "F___ it, we are going to do this thing." He outlined the mission and he divvied up the duty assignments just like a legit patrol. He and Barker would take the girl, Green would kill the rest of the family, Spielman would pull guard and Howard would stay back and man the radio. He told everyone to grab their rifles and get ready to head...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Book Excerpt: Anatomy of an Iraq War Crime | 2/9/2010 | See Source »

...Group’s mission is to synthesize various areas of expertise to create dialogue surrounding sustainable development of cities both environmentally and economically...

Author: By Amira Abulafi, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Working Group Discusses Climate Change, Water, and Sustainable Development | 2/8/2010 | See Source »

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