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...long been nurtured by the Pakistani security establishment, which cultivated it during the anti-Soviet campaign in Afghanistan in the 1980s (later helping the Taliban to seize power) and used it also to wage a proxy war against India in the disputed territory of Kashmir. Two decades after the onset of the Afghan jihad, radical Islamists are an established feature of Pakistani society, and increasingly difficult for the authorities to contain...
...years will be remembered, not as tragedy, but as the first part of a great renewal of this great university. If instead, the Corporation’s response is to retreat and leave the vision behind with the man, then the past year will be a watershed marking the onset of Harvard’s decline...
...youth such as Crosby and Eric Staal. Prototype NHL power forward Todd Bertuzzi, who'd hoped to redeem himself at this tournament for breaking the neck of Colorado forward Steve Moore in 2004, hardly seemed a factor. Moore filed a multi-million dollar civil suit against Bertuzzi at the onset of the tournament. And Quinn lacked faith in the younger players he did carry, notably remarking how Columbus forward Rick Nash seemed "in awe" of the situation. "Nobody could make me feel worse than I feel right now," Quinn said, referring to the anticipated criticism. "We didn't meet...
...parents going to do it anyway? You betcha. But this only makes it all the more urgent that we have access to approachable, communicative, truthful medical professionals who can talk us down off the ledge when we become convinced that our child's hay-fever sniffles are actually the onset of avian flu. I'd offer you the marvelous Dr. P.'s number, but I'm afraid that if his reputation spreads he'll be swarmed by desperate mommies. I wouldn't want anything to cut into our quality time together...
...Curiously disengaged" during the onset of the crisis is how Maine Republican Senator Susan Collins depicted Chertoff; she also wondered why he took a trip to Atlanta rather than directing the effort from Washington. Minnesota Democrat Mark Dayton called DHS under Chertoff's leadership "non-functional," while Collins chose "late," "uncertain, "ineffective," "alarming" and "unacceptable" to define the agency's performance. Minnesota Republican Norm Coleman said Chertoff "failed the President" by not informing him of the doubts he had about then-Federal Emergency Management Agency head Michael Brown. The "Brownie, you're doing a heck of a job" comment came...