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Waddah's story provides a rare insight into the inner workings of a kidnapping ring. He spoke with TIME on the condition that his identity be concealed; we have used a pseudonym and changed other details that might give him away. He refused to be photographed for this story for fear of being recognized. One of his concerns is that being known as somebody who was ransomed once might mark him as a target for other kidnappers. O'Shea and another U.S. official who works with Iraqi authorities on kidnapping-related issues say many details of Waddah's account...
...ground in Iraq. "U.S. forces have never been defeated in a fight at platoon level or above and we never will," he told a military group last month. He's still missing the point, says one frustrated officer: "It's an irrelevant comparison because those types of encounters are rare or nonexistent in Iraq." Says another officer: "We're not fighting the Big Red Soviet Army here, we're dealing with hit-and-run guerrilla warfare...
...cause Hebrew School didn’t start till four), in between rounds of Truth or Dare, ignoring the screening of The Rescuers Down Under (as sweet as it is, they showed it every week), I might occasion a glance at the shelves. And oh! What is this rare breed? A Choose Your Own Adventure book. Garbage, I knew, but oddly captivating. What autonomy! I think I’ve been too dictatorial lately. Around the Ivies’ readers deserve more independence, and, let’s face it, I haven’t been successful enough with...
...Harvard, it seems that such incidents are very rare. I haven’t seen any dramatic anti-war protests or angry animal rights sit-ins. Most of the students I have spoken to have fairly well thought-out, left-of-center opinions—the kind that would fit right into the political platforms of most popular American politicians. Harvard is characterized by its calm and rational, albeit mildly careerist, discourse...
...Harvard’s history. But if a serious incident of fraud were to occur, Kane thinks the University could act. “One option available to the faculty would be to rescind the awarded degree,” he says. “This is a very rare situation,” says Harvard College Admissions Director Marlyn McGrath Lewis ’70-’73. What’s the more likely scenario? “For something to change in the record a student has achieved within the time he or she is admitted...