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...yielded the names of at least a dozen men in the U.S who were known to be al-Qaeda associates and were under surveillance; other names are new to the authorities and are being checked out. So far, FBI officials say, there have been no electrifying breakthroughs, identifying previously unknown cells. "There aren't any eye-openers," says an FBI official. But there's still a lot of material to absorb. Law-enforcement authorities are especially concerned that al-Qaeda may be planning attacks on national monuments in the U.S. and trying to disrupt the economy. New York authorities...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Osama bin Laden: The Biggest Fish of Them All | 3/17/2003 | See Source »

...wife, master and servant, and torturer and victim. The play then asks if these relationships are fundamentally all the same. As the first scene opens, a single figure, a very angry Orlando (Jared M. Greene ’03), laments his low rank in the army of some unknown Latin American country. He blames his sex drive for most of his troubles and vows to change...

Author: By Stephanie E. Butler, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: ‘Conduct of Life’ Examines Family Love, Torture | 3/14/2003 | See Source »

...other participants were allowed to let their thoughts wander. Afterward, both groups were given tricky anagrams to solve. The white-bear folks gave up much faster than the free thinkers, suggesting that the former had depleted their supply of self-control. Though the precise mechanism of willpower is unknown, Baumeister suggests that it can be restored by sleep, positive emotional experiences or self-regulatory exercises such as monitoring your posture or keeping a food journal. --By Sora Song

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Science of Self-Control | 3/10/2003 | See Source »

...carrots in our salad bar tend to be covered in ice cubes, for some unknown, unappetizing reason...

Author: By Stephanie E. Butler and Lauren R. Dorgan, S | Title: Quincy, The People's House | 3/10/2003 | See Source »

There has been no controversy on Quincy-Open over our dining hall, no call for stricter interhouse rules or complaints about being confronted with a sea of unknown faces...

Author: By Stephanie E. Butler and Lauren R. Dorgan, S | Title: Quincy, The People's House | 3/10/2003 | See Source »

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