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...patrol. The intended targets: U.S. snipers who were perched on rooftops close to Abu Hanifa Mosque, watching for suspicious activity. The insurgents' plan was to hit the snipers' positions with rocket-propelled grenades and then ambush the platoons that would ride to the snipers' rescue. It's unclear why the attack was called off, but the unexpected arrival of Stubbs' patrol and its show of force in the streets may have been factors...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Iraq: Melting into the City | 12/17/2004 | See Source »

Just how aggressively the Italian investigations will pursue the international financial institutions for their role in the Parmalat collapse--or, conversely, whether the foreign firms will get back any of the money they say they lost--is unclear. As for Ferraris, who is awaiting trial for market manipulation, he is "flabbergasted" by the whole affair. "I believed so much in Tanzi as an entrepreneur that I have a hard time seeing him as anything else," he says. "For 13 years I think he's a genius, and then I find out he's a crook." If Ferraris wishes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How It Went Sour | 12/17/2004 | See Source »

...exactly sure where it began, but at least since the Undergraduate Council termbill tax hike last year, it seems that I have come to define myself and those around me in a new dimension: as opt-inners or opt-outers. It’s unclear exactly what each affiliation means, but I’m fairly certain that my parents would want me to be an opt-inner and girls would be more attracted to me if I were an opt-outer. I had a recent conversation with a Teaching Fellow who said he would opt-out of giving...

Author: By Christopher J. Catizone, | Title: Opting In for Opting Out | 12/17/2004 | See Source »

...discharged from active duty and released from the U.S. base, he plans to settle down in his wife's hometown on Japan's Sado Island. He wants to work, and the local mayor's office has said it will try to help him find a job, although it's unclear what work Jenkins could do, especially since he doesn't speak Japanese. His wife already works at city hall and receives a government stipend every month in a program benefiting North Korean kidnapping victims. At some point Jenkins also wants to visit North Carolina to see family members, including...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Long Mistake | 12/6/2004 | See Source »

...several seconds it was unclear whether or not the puck had indeed crossed the line, but the jubilant Bulldogs mobbing Ouellette and Crimson skaters hanging their heads soon informed the crowd of the result...

Author: By Jonathan Lehman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: OT Loss Concludes Tough Weekend For W. Hockey | 12/6/2004 | See Source »

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