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Like its cousin the sneaker, the tracksuit came into the fashion mainstream via the street, through hip-hop and rave culture. The sweat suit became a B-boy uniform partly because disco gear did not lend itself to the gymnastics of break dancing. Another influence: music legends like Bob Marley, who adopted sweats as a uniform (and may have been drawing on the much iconized image of tracksuit-clad John Carlos and Tommie Smith giving black-power salutes at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics...
...mistakes in his six years in the job. The biggest, say some critics, was failing to gain control of all U.S. spy operations, from the Pentagon to the FBI. "In 1998 [he] declared war on terrorism, and most of the intelligence community ignored him," says former Senate Intelligence chairman Bob Graham. Critics say the situation has not improved much since the Sept. 11 attacks: the FBI has been slow to reform its internal-communications system, while the Defense Department has gone off in its own direction, trying to carve out new propaganda and analysis shops that would compete with...
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...Street, which struck back hard. Having tumbled from a high of $56.60, the price of AOL Time Warner's widely held stock stood at $14.81 at the end of last week, representing an almost $200 billion collapse of shareholder wealth. Levin was forced out. So was chief operating officer Bob Pittman, who had come from AOL. And now goes Case himself...
...flying" theme. Flying builds character and self-confidence in areas completely independent of the cockpit. If you fly, you probably know what I'm talking about; you really wouldn't understand until you get up there by yourself and fly from Point A to Point B with a purpose. BOB AXSOM Laguna Hills, Calif...