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...were less a warning of things to come than a political provocation aimed at embarrassing the government. They succeeded. There were plenty of red faces among the Greek delegation that arrived in Washington later that day to brief FBI and CIA officials on security arrangements for the Olympics. The modest bomb that hit the Atlanta Games in 1996 proves that no nation is impervious to such attacks. But the ease with which so many small-time Greek bombers are able to set off their blasts in Athens makes security experts worry that big-time bombers like al-Qaeda might...
...book contains a glowing anecdote about band does not surprise anyone milling around in the band room in the basement of the Office of the Arts building on Mt. Auburn St. a few minutes before noon on a Saturday. It is pre-frosh weekend and a modest number of “bandies”—member of the band—have showed up to play in front of Byerly Hall in the hopes of getting some new blood...
Students raised a modest $700 at a talent show last month, Claussen said, and 150 students donated to LRAP on Monday. He said the campaign aims to reach 60 percent participation by the end of the week...
...repressive Islamic Republic of Iran, a cleric isn't a very popular thing to be nowadays. Mohsen Kadivar is a celebrated exception. A theorist behind Iran's struggling democracy movement, the modest mullah packs lecture halls like a pop star and attracts readers like a pulp-fiction author. Students in his graduate philosophy classes at Tarbiat Modarres University in Tehran hang on his every utterance. Kadivar, 44, has found academic stardom a dangerous occupation in Iran--in 1999 he was jailed for 18 months for his ideas. But his scholarly perseverance has led to breakthroughs in one of the great...
When DeBeers debuted its right-hand diamond rings last summer with a relatively modest print campaign, the sparklers became an instant hit. Halle Berry, Cameron Diaz and Sarah Jessica Parker all wore them, while Katie Couric sported hers when she featured them on the Today show. As experts buzzed about women's disposable income and girl-power advertising, Wal-Mart hastily introduced a selection starting at $177, with solid sales results...