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Espionage boomed during the 20th century, as World War II and the Cold War made invisible ink and encrypted messages more than just fodder for thrillers. Austro-Hungarian agent Dusko Popov, the reported inspiration for Ian Fleming's James Bond, gallivanted around Europe feeding false intelligence to the Nazis and sleeping with countless women. (His fondness for ménages à trois earned him the code name Tricycle.) British spymaster Kim Philby spent 30 years rising nearly to the top of MI6, only to be unmasked as a double agent in 1963--having sent decades of secrets to the Soviets...
...face of sparsely occupied residence halls and regulations that discourage some social activities, many House tutors and administrators are trying to promote a spirit of community during the College’s first-ever January Term, filling the void with activities in which students can bond over food, film, and friends...
...middle-class suburban Chicago neighborhood. Barack and Michelle have their first date against a backdrop of red roses, and later he mourns the death of his beloved grandmother Toot. Meanwhile, in the Chicago suburbs, the conservative German-American widow Mrs. Schultz and the Obama-supporting Johnson family bond over their worries (the Johnsons' son is missing in Iraq; Mrs. Schultz has lost her house) and their excitement about the 2008 presidential election. Mrs. Schultz, a McCain supporter at first, is eventually wooed to the Obama side...
...supporters of the University’s sale said at the time that, given the unfavorable financial climate, those bond prices were unavoidable and a product of the credit crunch—and not the result of the University’s actions or financial situation...
...Moody’s Investors Service report issued Thursday stated that Weston intended to sell $32 million in bonds, of which $19.5 million in bonds would finance the purchase of the land plot, according to a Dec. 17 presentation prepared by the town. Other revenue from the bond sales will go towards public work projects, the report stated...