Word: shadowing
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After the abbey visit, students' reactions ranged from personal to philosophical. Nikki Wyne, 20, a sophomore in blue eye shadow and Jesus-fish earrings, spoke wistfully about the monks' vow of poverty and the simplicity of the service. "Living in the nonmaterialistic environment is, I think, making a huge statement," she said. "I get jittery if I haven't checked my e-mail in an hour...
...accompanied by girls in slinky sequined outfits with tail feathers. Damaris and the drummer, Piri, wound up having a daughter together but eventually divorced. He moved to Mexico, found a new wife and had another child. So Damaris is raising their child alone in a small apartment in the shadow of the capitol...
There is no doubt that the murkiest corner of the shadow war on terrorism has been the CIA's kidnapping suspected terrorists and shipping them to secret prisons around the globe--where obeying the Geneva Conventions is more an exception than the rule--a practice known as rendition. Unfortunately, some of those snatched by CIA officers were innocent. German citizen Khaled el-Masri was one such victim. El-Masri was vacationing in Macedonia in December 2003 when authorities arrested him on wrongful suspicions that his passport was fake. A tragic case of mistaken identity then played out. El-Masri...
...past few weeks, you’ve probably seen a few editorials in various publications trumpeting Barack Obama’s election as a harbinger of the end of racism in America. Since we have elected a black man president, the argument goes, discrimination in this country is a shadow of the serious problem it once was. And certainly, it is true that since the Civil Rights Movement, our society has made tremendous strides towards tolerance, reconciliation, and the attenuation of racial stereotypes...
...completely; and intervening to wind down big players with a semblance of order, without which we could have seen a retail panic against a Merrill or Wachovia or AIG. As Treasury Secretary, Geithner will play a large role in erecting the last pillar - regulating risk and leverage in the shadow banking system...