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...week that saw the White House adjusting its claims about the relationship between Saddam Hussein and al-Qaeda, congressional intelligence committees have been abuzz with discussion about the quality of prewar intelligence and its handling by the Bush administration...
...Until now. Since late April when a Guangzhou newspaper, the Southern Metropolis News, published a detailed account of Sun's case, China's media, academic circles and Internet chat rooms have been abuzz with demands for reform and even abolition of the system. Sun's status as a college-educated up-and-comer rather than an out-of-work farmhand has fueled widespread outrage. "You were imprisoned because you would not be a pet animal or a slave," read one of many eulogies to Sun posted on the Internet. Lending force to this outcry is the fact that China...
...Lowry isn’t the typical assigned reading. Her schoolteacher demeanor and the subject matter harkened back to the halcyon days of fourth grade. When Fairy Tales Professor of German Literature and Language Maria Tatar announced Lowry’s guest stint, the Sackler lecture hall crowd was abuzz with nostalgic exclamations. Several weeks later when Lowry appeared to discuss her book, more than a few clever students had well worn copies of Number the Stars in hand for Lowry to sign...
...strike has accomplished its goal of bringing labor issues to the forefront—the campus is abuzz with talk of the strike...
...strategically important road. Officials were not immediately available for comment, and there had been no announcement of any specific military build-up. But when I passed this way en route to Basra only three days ago, most of the forts were empty or thinly manned. Now they were abuzz with activity...