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Some U.S. investigators think the Saudis could be learning a lot more about al-Qaeda members they have captured or killed. These officials say their Saudi counterparts have not seemed interested in setting up an analytical unit to pore over the suspects' financial records, computer hard drives, emails, phone records and other data. "Their attitude has been, 'Swift Sword is dead, so what use are his records?'" says a U.S. official. "Everybody's been looking for bullets and bombs, but nobody's paid any attention to the paper." The Americans hope to use the task force to convince the Saudis...
...Herbalife or a Mary Kay or an Avon." The Look-Look kids--they're known as "field correspondents"--wander the cultural landscape with digital cameras (provided by Look-Look), uploading images from parties and concerts and sporting events for the Look-Look employees--sorry, "youth-information specialists"--to pore over. (Look-Look defines kids as ages 14 to 30. "Thirty is different now," says Lee. "Thirty is really...
...movie made there?made at all?was a battle in itself. From near and far, the filmmakers met with armed resistance: armed, that is, with papers in triplicate and stern shakes of the head. The producers had to meet with the local People's Committees and let Vietnamese censors pore over the script by Christopher Hampton and Robert Schenkkan. "Everything was an obstacle," says executive producer Sydney Pollack, who bought the rights to the novel in 1988 and thought of directing it himself before Noyce got the itch in 1995. "The permits were a nightmare. Moving equipment was a nightmare...
...freedom brings responsibility, and Chen?whose father is a thwarted scholar and the book's most compelling figure?never takes his good luck for granted. In his studies he remains true to his roots as a hardworking peasant, rising before dawn to pore over piles of flash cards, "relishing the real taste of pretty words and beautiful phrases such as nostalgia, willow bay, nip and tuck, nape of the neck and tiptoe," and struggling his way through Jack London and James Michener. By the heartwarming tale's end, the bumbling country boy Chen Da is well...
...Malaysia's Prime Minister, Mahathir Mohamad. Prior to the four-story museum's completion in 1998, Mahathir would regularly show up at the construction site, often after his weekly equestrian sessions. At his side was a skinny, balding businessman named Syed Mokhtar al-Bukhary. The two men would pore over blueprints, tour the site to monitor progress and, according to one witness, decide together on changes, usually at the suggestion of the Prime Minister...