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...country, and what they do serves my country," he said. But he grew uncomfortable when the discussion turned to the victims of suicide bombings: scores of innocent Iraqis have died in terrorist attacks perpetrated by men whom al-Tamimi openly boasts to have trained. "I have always tried to avoid civilian casualties," he says. "I always try to attack the American military." It's an implausible claim. According to the "Rand Terrorism Chronology," which tracks suicide bombings in Iraq, attacks on U.S. military targets are relatively rare, but there have been more than 250 assaults on civilian targets...
...should focus their efforts on easing the process of studying abroad during summer, because the summer months do not have the same real or perceived opportunity cost as time taken from the academic year. Summer study abroad is particularly helpful for science concentrators, because it allows them to avoid the problem of interrupting a strict plan of study to engage in an international experience. However, the financial cost of going abroad during the summer, both in terms of actual cost incurred and in terms of income not earned, is often a serious burden, so the College could do more...
...investment bank Salomon Smith Barney in London. In 1999, he moved to PIMCO, a leading bond manager in Newport Beach, Calif. with a strong emerging markets business.During the Brazilian financial crisis of 2002, El-Erian bucked conventional wisdom in contending that the country would improve its financial state and avoid defaulting on its loans, Heller recalled. He was proven right, leading to a big payoff for PIMCO—and boosting his prominence even higher.“He’s probably the most high-profile emerging markets investor in the world, right now,” Heller said...
...opened for freewheeling public discussion. "The point," says Tyson, who is working on a book about the Pluto debacle, "is that the solar system is a lot more interesting than just a list of nine planets." And thanks to Michael Brown and his associates, that fact is impossible to avoid...
That's one aspect of control. Here's another. What Jobs has accepted--the truth that he's willing to face and others cower from--is that new things don't want to be born. Innovation causes problems, and it's much easier simply to avoid it. In fact, it's downright tempting. Other guys may give in to that temptation but not Jobs. He's smart, but more than that, he's willing to be the guy who looks over your shoulder and tells you you're not going to make your dinner reservation tonight because you're going...