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...blast, the CIA's counter-terrorism officers began crowding into their "fusion center," a small room used to monitor terror crises overseas that is crammed with computers and large screens displaying satellite photos. The carpet still had burn marks from the time an excited Tenet dropped his cigar upon learning that CIA officers had apprehended Mir Amal Kasi, who had murdered two agency employees outside Langley. Tension was high as early casualty figures flowed in from Africa. Almost immediately, the CIA officers had a good idea who triggered the explosions at Nairobi and Dar es Salaam. The bin Laden cell...
Politicians in Washington last week discussed how to save Social Security, but Americans are trying to see if the numbers add up. During the next year, every adult will receive a statement that shows how much she pays into the system and how much she should get back upon retirement. Without Social Security reform, the young will be big losers...
Regardless of where Home might be in terms of authentic time zones, most visitors will perceive a distinct sense of jet lag upon arrival at Home. According to local custom, most natives of Home rise early in the morning-often to attend to native rituals and folkways such as "school" or "work"-and can often be spotted going to sleep at mid-night, or even earlier. Napping, while common in industrialized nations like our own native land, is considered primitive and uncultivated behavior. While the napping in reality viewed as a gross indulgence and will weaken their status among...
...Blame Harvard for Cold Hearts," (Nov. 24) Alexander Nguyen touched upon a common anxiety among graduating seniors: the lack of viable career options presented by the University. Too often, the employment world is portrayed as a choice between which corporation one wants to work for. The public interest sector is simply not given the same attention. When I was a senior, I wanted to take the ideals, convictions and "search for truth" I had learned in the classroom to the working world, rather than leaving them behind...
...loftiest plan I've heard to solve our problems of separation, an Undergraduate Council presidential candidate promised to forge a "Healthier Community." The Crimson derided such plans last week as too "vague." But the paper seized upon the wrong word; it wasn't just a weak choice of adjectives that rendered the platform suspect. The point that painting the whole College as one community might be fraudulent never came up. Yes, students at the Law School or School of Education, usually bound by similar pasts and futures, truly have something. But students here haven't all come from similar backgrounds...