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...unpopular among bankers, who accuse it of operating as an unregulated bank. Some customers say the firm unduly delays transfers to accrue interest, and they fear losing their money if the service, which is not federally insured, falters. Before its IPO, several states informed PayPal it would have to obtain a banking license. Its defenders say the opposition exposes nervousness over online financial services' growing popularity. Says Paul Kedrosky, a business professor at the University of British Columbia: "Banks think PayPal is getting large enough to do them some damage...
...fragile internal peace may not hold, as U.S. commanders were reportedly forced to modify their assault in the region of Gardez because rival warlords fighting alongside the Americans were said to be ready to clash over the impending land grab. But, says Zahir Shah, "With unity we will obtain security and peace, and then we can address other priorities...
Alas, the service fell ill after the collapse of online discount booksellers, and is in need of surgery if it is to survive. (Pro bono surgery is proving hard to obtain...
...lines between fiefs have finally started to blur. The Sept. 11 terrorists crossed national boundaries at will. In response, more FBI agents are working overseas than ever before. The Patriot Act passed in October gives the CIA greater access to law-enforcement information and allows the nsa to obtain warrants more easily for domestic wiretaps. In Afghanistan, the CIA has unleashed its 150-man covert paramilitary force to conduct sabotage, collect intelligence and train Northern Alliance guerrillas...
...insight on this sometimes vulgar Darwinian battle between the sexes. The Captain (Geordie F. Broadwater ’04), is the titular father, a career army man and respected amateur scientist, driven to insanity by his wife Laura (Catherine B. Gowl ’02) as she schemes to obtain control over their daughter Bertha’s education. Laura plant seeds of suspicion in the Captain’s mind about the true paternity of Bertha and about his very ability to reason. This self-doubt festers into violence and madness, and Laura’s triumph in controlling...