Word: wiring
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...reality TV has become too vast and diverse a genre to be defined by any one set of especially lousy shows. And for all of everyone's worries 10 years ago, reality TV hasn't crowded "quality shows" off the air. The past 10 years of scripted shows - The Wire, Battlestar Galactica, The Office, Mad Men - are the strongest TV has ever had. (One genre that reality may be crowding out is soap operas. As the World Turns is ending, as did Guiding Light, their appeal supplanted by the immersive serial dramas of Jon & Kate, among others...
Until recently, SWIFT had its data servers on U.S. soil, giving American authorities the jurisdiction they needed to access them. But at the end last year, the servers covering European wire transfers were moved to Switzerland and the Netherlands, forcing the U.S. to seek European consent to continue sifting through SWIFT's database of some 8,000 banks. The U.S. says the information, which includes customer names, account numbers and amounts transferred, is needed to root out the various terrorist organizations that move funds around the world. In 2003, officials say the program helped Thai authorities capture Riduan Isamuddin, also...
...number nine spot, the match between Crimson freshman Alexander Ma and Tigers junior Nikhil Seth came down to the wire, with Seth ultimately prevailing in five games...
...that's fine with Joe Conard, a Tea Partyer in Scottsdale, Ariz., wearing wire-rim glasses and toting a sign that says "Stop Socialism Now - No Government Health Bill." Conard is fed up with political parties and has no interest in starting another one. "Don't call me a Republican. I am an independent thinker against Big Government," he said. "The Tea Party movement isn't a party at all. I'd like politics without parties...
...Harvard found out the hard way last month, the Big Red’s got a pretty decent team as well. Cornell sent a shock throughout the nation when it took Kansas, ranked first in the nation both then and now, down to the wire. The team has cooled off a little as it recently suffered an upset at the hands of Penn, a team the Crimson beat by 14. But the Big Red had more than enough firepower against Harvard last time, beating it by 36. On Friday, we will find out if the loss to the Quakers...