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...guess, like the budget, the percentage of contractors in the CIA is a well-guarded secret. If it does not already have the authority to obtain that figure, it is one the Senate might...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Just Who Does the CIA's Work? | 4/20/2007 | See Source »

...Police asked Cho to speak to a counselor from a local mental-health facility; afterward, a magistrate issued a temporary detention order committing Cho to a psychiatric hospital. It's very difficult to obtain such orders; patients must not only be deemed mentally ill but unfit to care for themselves or an immediate danger. Court records show that Cho was not deemed an imminent threat, but it should have been clear by then that he was deeply troubled...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Viewpoint: Va. Tech's President Should Resign | 4/19/2007 | See Source »

...incoming president, is a product of that culture. Born in America, and educated in China, Gong’s American citizenship prevented her from participating in Harvard’s Freshman International Program (FIP). Tackling the issues that immediately face students from a foreign country, FIP helps internationals obtain social security numbers, bank accounts, and cell phones, and also introduces them to the Cambridge and Boston area through a variety of trips, including one to Fenway Park for a Red Sox game.It can be an international student’s first introduction to American culture, and without the socially engaging...

Author: By Jeremy D. Hoon, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: It’s a Small World, After All | 4/18/2007 | See Source »

...reached by telephone at the youth's listed telephone number. Perez Cuevas was a student of international relations, according to the Virginia Tech Web site. His father, Flavio Perez, spoke of the death earlier to RPP radio in Peru. He lives in Peru and said he was trying to obtain a humanitarian visa from the U.S. consulate here. He is separated from Cueva, who said she had lived in the United States for six years. A spokesman at the U.S. Embassy in Lima said the student's father "will receive all the attention possible when he applies" for the visa...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Virginia Tech Victims | 4/17/2007 | See Source »

Under the program—which the CWD Web site says would “limit the impact of dog recreation on water quality”—Cambridge citizens looking to unleash their dogs at the Fresh Pond Reservation would have to obtain a special canine medallion...

Author: By Sharon Wang, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Dogs Draw Record Council Turnout | 4/10/2007 | See Source »

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