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...tension arises between the traditional methods of intelligence work and the demands of homeland security. Intelligence agencies have tended to avoid arresting a suspect until the last possible moment, in the hope that tracking him will yield valuable information about the enemy's methods and networks. But it's hardly surprising in the current climate of finger-pointing over September 11 that the authorities may be inclined right now to avoid taking any chances by rolling him up early. An alternative explanation might be that they already knew al Muhajir was not the tip of some organizational iceberg, but rather...
...still sharp mentally. But even his staunchest defenders now concede that Parkinson's disease and an accumulation of other physical trials have left the Pontiff, 82, in an increasingly deteriorating condition. Adding long breaks and naps in what were once 17-hour workdays, the Pope has been forced to yield control of much of the Vatican's daily operations. But to whom...
McGrath Lewis says she estimates the yield off the Z-list at over 50 percent, though most college counselors said they thought it was far higher...
Harvard’s leadership is more evident in yield, the percentage of accepted students who choose to attend. Harvard’s yield is nearly 80 percent, while Princeton’s is 68 percent and Yale’s is 65 percent...
...Yale and Princeton have binding early decision programs that inflate their yield, while Harvard’s early action program allows students who get in early to go elsewhere...