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...become a running joke—one of the hardiest generated by the torrent of gallows humor that followed Sept...
...have never seen such disregard for the rules prohibiting official prayer in school as in the past few weeks [THE SCHOOLS, Oct. 22]. It seems as though every teacher has something to add to the torrent of messages urging the public to pray, pray, pray. This is a problem for Islamic students across the U.S. Not only do they have to worry about prejudice; now they must also try to tune out the references to Jesus from their teachers and fellow students. If school prayer is reinstated, Islamic (and other non-Christian) students will have a choice between hypocrisy...
...beefing up its counterterrorism capabilities. In June 2000, the National Commission on Terrorism established by Congress called on the FBI to develop clearer guidance for agents on when to open terrorism investigations. The commission wanted the bureau to encourage agents to pursue those investigations more vigorously. To analyze the torrent of data the FBI receives, the report also recommended more linguists and intelligence analysts. There are almost 300 FBI agents in the New England area, for instance, but before the attacks there were none fluent in Arabic...
...strikes should leave the survivors disoriented and incapable of fighting. Small strikes, they argue, have the opposite affect, working like inoculations. Soldiers become used to the raids, scornful of them, and gradually lose their fear. Around Kabul the U.S. has opted for small strikes. This is not quite the torrent of fire that U.S. psywar communications here have threatened to unleash on the Taliban...
...Grolier for many years, Solano assumed ownership on January 30, 1974, after Cairnie’s death. It took only two days as owner for her starry-eyed idealism for the endeavor to fade. Cairnie had lost the back room of the store to the Harvard Book Store, and torrent of visitors from Harvard had slowed to a trickle. The boards on the floor creaked “like a ship in full sail.” While it was immensely comforting to those who already knew and loved the place, it was an inescapable distraction to newcomers wishing...