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...clearly not a surprise. As revisions go, this is a pretty steep one, which would suggest that things are indeed as bad as they feel. A lot of people have felt the recession for months, and it simply hasn?t shown up in the numbers. So in a way this figure just validates what we?ve been feeling for a while...
...regular action applicants] may be in families where there is less sophistication or might be from families who have more concerns about studying far away from home,” he said. “We could still see a decline in applications even though demographics suggest we will get a slight increase...
...this time of crisis, more Americans are becoming "People of the Book." Not necessarily in that phrase's original religious connotation (though there is anecdotal evidence to suggest increasing numbers of people are finding solace in churches, temples and mosques), but in the sense that they are turning to books for information about the ongoing war on terrorism and its cultural and historical roots. The No.1 book on The New York Times paperback nonfiction bestseller list right now is "Taliban" by Ahmed Rashid; meanwhile, on the hardcover nonfiction list, Armstrong's "Islam" rides high at No.7, sandwiched in between "Germs...
...Some reports suggest the Marine deployment may be a sign that the U.S. now has a strong indication of bin Laden's whereabouts...
...Possibly. But it could just as easily suggest they're desperate that he may be slipping from their grasp. So it's too soon to make that claim. As Secretary Rumsfeld says, we'll know where he is when we've got him. And the U.S. has had sufficient capability in the area for some time that if the military knew where bin Laden was, they could get him in two hours. Having a Marine base near Kandahar shortens the timeline required to get hundreds of men to his location if it becomes known...