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Want evidence that the CIA is trying to get its groove back? Consider the tale of the tippler. An agency spook trying to recruit a potentially useful overseas target felt compelled to warn his bosses recently that the man enjoyed a drink. Fearing that deskbound managers would veto the contact, the spook was thrilled to be told "to use his instincts, be smart and see" what develops. The episode, related to TIME by someone close to the agency, is meant to illustrate how, a year into Director Porter Goss's tenure, the CIA is inching back to the risk-taking...
...With a well-thumbed contact book, an overflowing diary and sheer bloody-mindedness, Estens is traveling around the state in his six-seat Cessna on a new assignment: lifting his troops for the next phase of expansion, and marketing the organization to corporate leaders. Although the federal government has given the AES funding for the next four years, the contract allocates too much money for training and not enough to cover the new management structure of a larger agency. Estens also expects AES managers to be creative and productive in earning revenue - through job placements, traineeships, security work and sponsorships...
...builds that Habitat is offering this year, including one during intersession to aid Hurricane Katrina victims. Helene T. V. Nguyen ’06, co-president of Harvard’s Habitat chapter, said, “With his high position in Habitat, it’s a great contact to have to get speakers and for administrative support.” Prior to his current post at Harvard, Retsinas was assistant secretary for Housing-Federal Housing Commissioner at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and director of the Office of Thrift Supervision. Since its establishment...
...best ambassadors,” said Banks, who is also the director of the Undergraduate Minority Recruitment Program (UMRP). “If you were to survey African American students that decide to come here, I don’t doubt an important part of the decision is the contact they have had with students.”Head student coordinator and African American representative of the UMRP Tanya A. Thompson ’06 said she has noticed that recent applicants are more informed about college in general and are asking more questions about Harvard’s atmosphere...
...There’s just a lot you can do. With football, you run a play, and then you stop and think. With rugby, you have to make all these decisions on the spot.”And unlike many other sports, rubgy has the same full-body-contact rules for women and men.Harvard’s Radcliffe Rugby Football Club is 23 years old, and has about 35 players.“We have a lot of fun off the field as well,” says co-captain Katie B. Dowty...