Word: apartness
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...this context that U.S. officials argue over who's a friend, who's an enemy and how you can tell them apart. Drug enforcement officials claim Noorzai's capture as a major prize. Afghanistan is the world's largest source of heroin, and his arrest, says DEA administrator Karen Tandy, "sent shock waves through other Taliban-connected traffickers." But Noorzai was also a powerful leader of a million-member tribe who had offered to help bring stability to a region that is spinning out of control. Because he is in a jail cell, he is not feeding...
...leaders in the Anglican Communion, the global 78 million-- member confederation that includes the 2.2 million congregants in the Episcopal Church (U.S.A.). Indeed, he is the highest-profile figure in the southward shift of Christianity as a whole. Yet he may exercise that influence by helping pull his communion apart, largely over the issue of the church's stance on homosexuality...
...aspire to her life and fame. I don’t sympathize with her problems. What I admire about Chen, assuming her blog is written in relative earnest, is that she’s willing to write about these matters so openly. It’s what sets her apart from most of Harvard...
...with the same aggression when they know it’s going to hurt them to take penalties.”The Crimson built a 3-0 lead early in the second period with two more man-advantage tip-ins by Meintel and senior Ryan Maki, just 85 seconds apart. Ten minutes later, at 15:51, Meintel managed an even-strength deflection of Jimmy Fraser’s shot to put Harvard up 4-0.But though the Crimson had outshot the Dutchmen 13-3 in the middle frame, Union roared back in the third, scoring twice to pull...
Depressed by the Iraq war? The Brookings Institution has just released a study that could make you feel even gloomier. The 135-page report, titled Things Fall Apart, urges the White House to start "thinking about how to deal with the consequences of massive failure in Iraq," which would carry a heavy price for the United States and its allies. The report estimates that some 450,000 peacekeeping troops would have to be deployed to end an all-out civil war in Iraq and prevent the turmoil from spilling its borders...