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...JAMES J. SMITH, 60, a retired agent of the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation, to charges of lying about an affair he had with a Chinese-American woman suspected of being a double agent; in Los Angeles. Smith, a married counterintelligence official who focused on China, will probably avoid prison time. In exchange, he admitted to the affair with Katrina Leung-a married businesswoman and bureau informant-that lasted nearly two decades...
...undersupervised, he insists that similar tactics--used more carefully--are effective. "When women have power and control over you, that sets the male psyche out of its equilibrium. He's not dominant anymore. It's not for the squeamish. But the typical Arab male will do anything to avoid it," he says. "The overall process is one of humiliating these people. And that is being used to find the people who are planting roadside bombs...
Even the most establishment-minded parents would be gratified to see how intensely students pursue their cooking classwork. While sophomores at traditional four-year universities skillfully avoid scheduling classes before 10 a.m., students at culinary schools willingly rise before dawn to laminate pastry dough. On their own time, they cheerfully practice the sauteing, flambeing and knife-wielding skills they have learned in class...
...Thorpe and her county allies--commissioners Rojo de Steffey, Serena Cruz, Lisa Naito and chair Diane Linn, along with a trusted staff member from each office--began discussing marriage. Whenever the commissioners came to meetings on the issue, they were careful to show up alone or in pairs to avoid triggering a state public-meetings law that applies when a quorum of elected officials (in this case, three of five) gather to discuss government affairs. To be sure, the commissioners may routinely follow the same practice, but the deliberate dodging of the public-meetings law on such a politically explosive...
...buildings or at the very least floors with upgraded rooms nestled inside a hotel. Forget those concierge floors that many hotels have available, mostly for the frequent-stay crowd. These new inns within are unique facilities with distinctive personalities that cater to upscale travelers willing to pay more to avoid ordinary guests. "Hotels are saying, 'We're taking you to a totally separate experience,'" says Steve Higgins, founder of Boxport, a company that purchases products for luxury hotels. "We'll charge you more, but you'll be in an exclusive area...