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There is no pat explanation for what draws people to Islam in its most toxic, intolerant form. According to studies for a government project to counter the spread of Muslim extremism in Britain, recruitment for radical groups is just as likely to take place on college campuses, among educated middle-class Muslims, as it is in poor neighborhoods. Historians like Princeton's Bernard Lewis argue that such factors as the repressive nature of many Arab governments and the sense of aggrievement that has plagued Muslim societies since the collapse of the Ottoman Empire also play a part in fueling virulent...
...believe that the intelligence community is doing just fine, thank you, then obviously this is not your bill." PAT ROBERTS, Senate Intelligence Committee chairman, on his proposal to overhaul the nation's intelligence agencies...
...Obviously at first there was trepidation and anxiety, but people enjoy the variety," says Pat Murphy, a quality assurance engineer who joined Guinness 25 years ago as a carpenter's assistant. To monitor how people adapted, Guinness hired consultant Paul Williams, who has also worked for Microsoft and BP. Two days a week, Williams is free to wander the brewery, posing provocative questions. When a brewer says that he feels loyal to Guinness, for example, Williams asks whether he would still feel loyal if the company cut his salary in half - in order to challenge staff allegiances to that...
...initials CIA create a global brand name as recognizable as that of Coca-Cola. So it was no wonder that Senate Intelligence Committee chairman Pat Roberts got everyone's attention last week, when he proposed a U.S. intelligence overhaul so extensive that it would break up the Central Intelligence Agency and eliminate its name. George Tenet broke his silence as recently-retired Director of Central Intelligence to warn that the Roberts proposal "would result in the demoralization of a proud and extremely capable agency and less security for the American people... It is time for someone to slam the brakes...
Though Julia Child was a cooking teacher, what she really taught was how to be alive. She lived until she was 91, mocking Atkins, Ornish and anyone else who believed that a slice of French bread or a pat of butter would kill...