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...lack of any prior local police intelligence about the attacks - a complaint voiced by many Mumbaikars today - is particularly alarming given the meticulous planning and unusual modus operandi of the attackers. For example, an Indian navy spokesman confirmed that the terrorists entered Mumbai without detection by taking a sea route. Starting from a base in Gujarat to the north of Mumbai, they made their way to the Gateway of India at Mumbai's southern tip and another landing point on the peninsula 14 nautical miles away; they killed one boatman in the process...
...Prior to founding In The Running, Sprague viewed running as a “selfish activity,” but this passion would become the very basis of her philanthropic mission...
...student center, the positive and negative aspects of large versus small classes, and the importance of good pedagogy. Hammonds later added that she was not surprised by any of the topics discussed, as she had heard “similar versions” of each argument in prior conversations with students. She also said that the setting was more formal than she had expected—students were seated around a large table and each had name placards, while Hammonds wore a red nametag—and that she would like to see the event made more informal for future...
...turns out that in order to think well, knowledge helps. With Wikipedia and Google, our generation is poor in knowledge, specialized or otherwise. While this would seem to be a weight off our minds, it also makes our thinking less profound. Unlike prior generations, who wiled away the hours between going uphill both ways to school in massive hailstorms by memorizing the works of great authors, we devote our time to YouTube and Facebook, confident that the real information is all there somewhere should we ever need it. Besides the fact that agreeing to disagree long since went...
...Thirteen years ago, Ridker started studying a new predictor of heart disease, inflammation in the blood, and was able to demonstrate that individuals with this marker were at a higher risk for heart disease. Prior to this, arteriosclerosis, or the hardening of the arteries, had been the principal measure in diagnosing cardiovascular disease...