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...what happens. If all else fails, simply say, "Hey, I didn't get a copy of the syllabus, could you e-mail me the first reading assignment? I really don't want to get behind." At the very least you've established a connection between you and the object of your affection and an e-mail conversation that you can agonize over for hours as you try to craft the perfect thank you. But don't agonize for too long--time is fleeting and shopping period will be over only too soon...
...lines in a bloody retreat have regrouped at the village of Alkhan-Khala, planning to head south into the mountains. Russian forces have reportedly surrounded the village, but haven't tried to advance on the rebel positions there. Capturing Grozny, of course, is primarily of symbolic importance, because the object of a counterinsurgency war is less to capture territory than it is to isolate and destroy guerrilla forces. The rebels have long maintained that their game plan was always to withdraw from Grozny after making the Russians pay a heavy price for the city - which they've certainly done. "This...
...wrong, and we were. But instead of universal rejoicing among those who were fully prepared and those who weren't, the joking has already started--"We told you so." Perhaps. But had we "doom and gloomers" been right, the panic and tears of others wouldn't have been the object of my glee. MILTON JOHN KLEIM JR. Citrus Heights, Calif...
...Object of controversy in South Carolina 5 ___ money (campaign-reform issue) 9 Ark terminus 11 IROC-Z, for one 13 Company that has mapped 90% of the human genome code 14 Kurdish insurrectionist on Turkey's death row 15 Souchong or oolong 16 Hasty escape 18 Fully absorbed 19 New Microsoft CEO Steve 22 "Is that your ___ answer?" 25 Ducats, in Variety 26 LAX guesstimate 29 Congressman Dan, who wants to subpoena Elian 31 "I lost a bet with ___" (Hillary Top Ten list item) 33 Hallelujah, ___ Bum 34 Bricklayer's burden 36 Data for detectives 37 Donna ___ (soaps actress...
...Tuesday afternoon, the day after the deal was announced, that the influential Silicon Valley venture capitalist Roger McNamee summed up the object of all this attention: "Let's be clear," he said. "This is the single most transformational event I've seen in my career...