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...questions, the thin, balding Hayden, dressed in his Air Force uniform, appeared to follow the playbook of many administration officials testifying in front of Congress: say nothing. The nomineed refused to discuss almost any details of the intercept program in public, deferring discussion of them until a later, closed session with Intelligence Committee members...
...Saud regime. Libya, he contends, has longstanding complaints of its own about Saudi support for Libyan Islamic extremists, including one who tossed a dud hand grenade at Gaddafi in 1995. Libyan support for Saudi dissidents accelerated after Abdullah scolded Gaddafi at an Arab summit in March 2003 during a session broadcast live throughout the Arab world. "You can say there was an activity," says Seif al Islam, "but not to kill the crown prince. [The Libyan who supposedly organized the plot] is arriving there like James Bond?" After Abdullah became King in 2005, he effectively helped complete Gaddafi's rehabilitation...
...very important to support our freshmen and the students who want to support and guide them throughout the year,” adding that the funding is “in line” with the budget of peer advising programs at other schools. Monday’s training session consisted primarily of “preliminary brainstorming about what our roles should be,” according to fellow Patrick Bauer ’07. Some of the topics discussed in small group sessions included creating a website for the group and plotting possible events, according to several fellows...
...through our teaching and research? Or did we continue to do traditional things in traditional ways, enjoying the greater comfort that increased resources provide?”At the Faculty meeting two weeks ago, Summers promised to offer “a few observations” at the next session. The comment seemed ominous to some professors.But after the president concluded his speech—“I urge you to join together with purpose for the large task before you and wish you much joy and success in your pursuit”—the Faculty burst...
...work force and wonder that Ira Gershwin could have Wintergreen sing, in a perky love ballad, "Who cares what banks fail in Yonkers, / Long as you've got a kiss that conquers?" The Senators are less discreet: "If you think you've got depression, / Wait until we get in session, / And you'll find out what depression really means!" The reporters care not about The Issues; they pepper the Prez with questions only about his love life. "We don't want to know about the moratorium, / Or how near we are to beer, / Or about the League of Nations...