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...This was a symbolic fight - it's about who's in charge of the playground," says Amy Zegart, a UCLA professor and national-security expert. "Blair was trying to show who's boss, and Panetta was trying to protect the power of an agency that's going through a difficult time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Overseas Turf War Between the CIA and DNI Won't Die | 11/6/2009 | See Source »

Mankiw leads us to a little hammock by his children’s playground and describes his neighbors. “A psychiatrist and his family live over here to the left, while a cardiologist is here next door. It’s a stable community of professionals and their families. No real eccentricities,” he says...

Author: By Catherine J. Zielinski, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: FM Cribs Presents: N. Gregory Mankiw | 11/5/2009 | See Source »

...bulletproof glass. Prosecutors then described how el-Sherbini, 31, was attacked. The pharmacist had appeared in court on July 1 to testify in a hearing against Alex W., who was appealing an earlier conviction for defaming el-Sherbini by calling her an "Islamist" and a "terrorist" on a playground. Prosecutors say that after el-Sherbini's testimony, Alex W. lunged at her with a 7-in. kitchen knife he had smuggled into court and stabbed her at least 16 times. Her husband, Elwy Okaz, 32, was also repeatedly stabbed before being shot by a police officer who mistook...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The 'Headscarf Martyr': Trial of the Century for Muslims | 10/28/2009 | See Source »

...city in the world. The film’s New York setting enhances the tumult of Eliza’s many mishaps, and provides moments of unexpected fun—most notably Jodie Foster’s hilarious cameo as a fellow mom navigating the dangerous world of urban playground politics...

Author: By Erica A. Sheftman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Motherhood | 10/23/2009 | See Source »

...When you’re with your child, you’re in this moment, you’re holding on to it, but the world is changing all around you,” she says. “They’re changing your coffee shop, your playground, your neighborhood—and all you want is to have this moment with your child...

Author: By Clio C. Smurro, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Uma Gets Personal with the Joys of ‘Motherhood’ | 10/23/2009 | See Source »

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