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More than a few eyebrows went up when word broke that Leon Panetta would be President-Elect Barack Obama's pick to be the next director of the Central Intelligence Agency. Panetta has no significant intelligence experience and is known around the capital mainly for his budgetary prowess, bipartisanship and management skills. While these are all important traits for a spymaster, so is some experience with actual spycraft: backlash to Panetta started immediately, with Senate intelligence committee chair Dianne Feinstein noting that she believed "the agency is best-served by having an intelligence professional in charge at this time...
...going to show significant cognitive problems," says Jacobson. "This whole area of research is going to be one of considerable importance in coming years." And studies like this one remind us that conditions like diabetes have wide-ranging effects throughout the body - and that we have only begun to pick apart some of these network connections...
...midway through the half.The Broncos did not fold, however, and brought Bryant and three teammates back into the game, including Kevin Foster, who hit two quick threes. The visitors soon closed within four, at 54-50, with 8:04 left to play.Harvard yet again had an answer. Off a pick-and-roll, Lin found Miller for a layup—one of Lin’s nine assists, matching his career-high against just one turnover.“He made every right decision, being so unselfish and making plays and finding shots for his teammates,” Crimson...
...midway through the half.The Broncos did not fold, however, and brought Bryant and three teammates back into the game, including Kevin Foster, who hit two quick threes. The visitors soon closed within four, at 54-50, with 8:04 left to play.Harvard yet again had an answer. Off a pick-and-roll, Lin found Miller for a layup, one of his nine assists, matching his career-high against just one turnover. “He made every right decision, being so unselfish and making plays and finding shots for his teammates,” Crimson coach Tommy Amaker said...
...Please don't allow the allegations against me to taint this good and honest man."- Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich, during a Dec. 30 press conference announcing Burris as his pick to fill Obama's seat...