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...into the scrub pines and along the wadis, to stalk the enemy. In one wadi, Sergeant Christopher McGurk sees footprints and the remains of a fire. He makes a decision that, in the end, probably saves 20 lives: sensing an ambush, he orders his men to advance parallel to the footprints along a nearby hill. Had they remained in the wadi, they would have blundered straight into the enemy's gunsights...
...parallel example in the real world would be an exclusive country club vigorously keeping the riffraff out—in short, a perfect villain for activist crusades outside the Science Center. There’s a difference, though. Country club members have earned their privileges, and they pay annual dues. Adams House residents got lucky in a housing lottery, and they pay the same tuition as everyone else. This tuition then subsidizes their luxurious dining hall. Indeed, Dartboard struggles in vain to think of one way that the racket at Adams, in principle, is less nefarious than the capitalist patriarchies...
...9/11 scheme and was only a minor player in al-Qaeda. Still, the Justice Department's December 2001 indictment laid out in chilling detail the 19 hijackers' activities in the months leading up to Sept. 11, alongside Moussaoui's doings over a similar time frame. Their tracks were roughly parallel, but direct contact between Moussaoui and the 19 was never alleged. The government charged him with being guilty, like them, of conspiring to commit terrorist acts, to destroy aircraft and to murder federal workers, and related offenses, "with the result that thousands of people died on Sept...
...Last Year But Unfortunately Not This Year”). It often seems more trouble than it’s worth to explain what we do to roommates and other friends, so the work and idiosyncratic social customs of the Phonathon tend to remain in the realm of our insular parallel universe...
...wanted to thank somebody. John and I found how parallel and separated our lives were. We grew up 10 minutes away from each other in Cincinnati. We went to the same school,” Heilbrun said. In fact, both stood next to each other in a third grade class photo...