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...packed with explosives. A handprint and hair found in the explosives did not belong to Reid. In the wake of that aborted attack, Reid was identified by detained veterans of al-Qaeda's Afghan training centers as having attended the Khalden camp, which catered to European-national jihadists and taught kamikaze tactics. Both Zacarias Moussaoui, the accused "20th hijacker," and "millennium bomber" Ahmed Ressam were Khalden graduates. That Khalden nurtured European jihad recruits was no accident. The camp was run by Abu Zubaydah, a Palestinian who acted as al-Qaeda's chief recruiter and puppet master of Europe-based terrorists...
Kalamchi’s experience last summer working part-time in ad sales for a mouse-pad company taught him that “you have to believe in what you’re selling.” His passionate belief in College Corps keeps him resilient through the mechanics of fundraising correspondence. “It’s hard to have people pick apart something we’ve worked on for a year,” says Kalamchi. As self-described 20-year old college kids, “you don’t know how seriously...
...regular introductory courses focusing upon Asians in the United States. The main resource for Asian American studies is the annual Committee on Ethnic Studies booklet, which lists undergraduate courses relevant to studies of race and ethnicity. But the only academic outlet for students has consisted of the occasional course taught by a visiting professor. Also, the Courses of Instruction do not offer any classes that critically analyze Asian Americans in history, government, psychology or other fields. Even the rare acknowledgment of Asian Americans in the curriculum occurs as a cursory and reductive afterthought...
...products that bring in more than 80% of Xerox's sales, including high-end publishing systems that helped the ailing copier-and-printer company return to profitability last year after major restructuring and a $10 million fine for accounting fraud. Burns, 45, says climbing the corporate ladder has also taught her to shut up a bit more. "If you give people a chance to speak, they probably will," she says. As for nabbing Xerox's top job? "The responsibilities I have today will keep me busy and keep me learning for quite a while." --By Julie Rawe
...been studying religion at a school that taught from a secular perspective, or taken the same courses but not as a theology major, he says he would have been allowed to keep the money...