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...support to al-Qaeda. Not only had he scoped out the Brooklyn Bridge as part of a plot to destroy the New York City landmark, but he had also tried to obtain equipment to help derail a train near the nation's capital. The feds had done more than nab a truck driver from Columbus, Ohio, who was leading what Ashcroft called "a secret double life," a man determined to wreak havoc right here in the U.S. They had turned one of Osama bin Laden's loyal foot soldiers into another breed entirely: double agent...
...next spring—that of 1978—Affirmed won the Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes and Belmont Stakes to nab the famed Triple Crown...
...skill and training," says Heidi Hartmann, a labor economist and president of the Institute for Women's Policy Research. Men often require more training and vetting for household positions, but the Pavillion Agency has fielded a "flood" of resumes from out-of-work men believing they can easily nab a post as, say, a personal chef...
...sailed for the Moody Trophy at URI. The result—a seventh-place finish—was disappointing, but it was buoyed by a strong finish from Harvard’s B boat, captained by freshman Sloan Devlin and crewed by classmate Mallory Greimann. The duo managed to nab fifth place, helped largely by the second-place finish the tandem managed to post on each day of competition...
While the attorneys delivered their oral arguments, about 50 Harvard students joined thousands of others to rally outside of the building in support of affirmative action. Three others camped outside the Court for two nights to nab coveted seats inside for yesterday’s arguments...