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That was then. In the past month, a series of disclosures have cast doubt on the most basic abilities of the national-security establishment. The Administration has looked alternately shifty and defensive; Democrats--some of them presidential candidates-in-waiting--have postured on motormouth TV. And the nation has been forced into a period of painful second-guessing, asking whether Sept. 11 could have been prevented. In August, it turns out, the President was briefed by the CIA on the possibility that al-Qaeda, the terrorist network headed by Osama bin Laden, might use hijacked airliners to win concessions from...
...that we have very high standards and a tough selection process focused on quality rather than quantity." Indeed, the criteria are rigorous: candidates must be single Swiss men under 30 years of age and over 174 cm in height, who boast at least a secondary education and have undergone basic military training in Switzerland's armed forces. They must also be practicing Catholics and present a certificate from their parish testifying to their moral character and regular attendance at Mass. In addition, a letter is needed from each candidate's local authority certifying that he has been an upstanding member...
...Allstate CEO Edward M. Liddy has called them “a plague on corporate America.” But Allstate’s strategy of “fire first, sign waivers later” seems new—and if it succeeds, it could undermine basic protections for American workers...
...publishers have promoted Wild Ginger as a great literary novel. One prerequisite of such a novel should be originality. Unfortunately, if you're familiar with the basic elements of Chinese Chick Lit, you already know these characters and have seen these plot twists before. On the rare occasion where Min tries to be innovative?such as a sex scene where the characters make love while reciting Maoist quotations?it just comes off seeming weird. If you like clichEd Chinese heroines and a hackneyed love story, all set against the now-too-familiar backdrop of the Cultural Revolution, this...
...Toback, if you’re reading, here’s the basic sketch I’ve outlined for Crimson Man. Martin Bell (played by Martin Bell) is a senior who writes sports for the Crimson. He lives a charmed life—dates another sportswriter (Tyra Banks, in her best role since Coyote Ugly) and occasionally works on his thesis. But he finds himself on the wrong side of the law when a Harvard athlete’s father and known gangster (The Sopranos’ James Gandolfini) threatens to kill him unless his son (James Franco, Spider...