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...with anthrax-laced letters that killed five people last fall; from his position as associate director of the National Center for Biomedical Research and Training at Louisiana State University. Hatfill said L.S.U. gave no explanation for the firing, but the dismissal followed a Justice Department request that the school refrain from using Hatfill on any projects funded by Justice; his boss, Stephen L. Guillot, was fired as well. Hatfill has repeatedly maintained his innocence...
...days, weeks and months after Sept. 11, Americans heard the refrain that their nation would never be the same...
Ending the slave trade was a noble undertaking. So is the war on terrorism. But we cannot allow it to define who we are or to shape all the ways in which we act in the world. If we do so--to use the old refrain--the terrorists really will have...
...royal connection is a common refrain around Hua Hin, illustrated by ubiquitous billboards depicting the Queen and King. His image is everywhere: on posters by the market, holding his camera in front of the photo shop, promoting swimming safety with an inflatable life belt. These are not only signs of local admiration, but firm reminders that this is the King's beach, unblemished, as a consequence, by the blight of jet skis and girlie bars. The King couldn't save the skyline, marred by a scattering of concrete towers?the detritus of a short-lived condo boom derailed...
...rest of the day sailing and playing Ping-Pong, tennis or squash with the men. "There wasn't a game he couldn't learn," says Major General Rashid Qureshi, who served with Musharraf and is his official spokesman. "We found him everywhere the troops were." It's a refrain you hear often in military circles: Musharraf was excellent with "the men." Of course, the men were trained exactly as Musharraf was: to look up to their officers, admire them and obey...