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...Saddam stories are hard to verify. Analysts have also patched evidence together by following the smuggling trail that Saddam leaves when acquiring equipment and material, which he does through hundreds of front companies scattered across the world. Key questions about Iraq's unseen war machine focus on so-called dual-use purchases: fermenters that can brew beer or biological agents, sprayers that can spray crops or chemical toxins, machines that can mold tools or missile parts. Since 1998, the CIA believes, on the basis of the kinds and quantities of purchases it has tracked, "the risk of diversion has increased...
...Collins claims to have known many of the people involved in Islamic fundamentalist circles within the U.S., and he plainly feels their activities and intentions were no secret either to himself or the U.S. government. Even if we don't believe every story Collins tells, his dual allegiance to America and Islam provides us with an intriguing insider's perspective on the alien world of jihad. For his part, the author says he now hopes to return to Afghanistan, "not to get involved on either side," but to interview Taliban soldiers and write a new book about the group from...
Much of the mischief by accounting firms stems from the dual role they often play: as auditors sworn to serve shareholders and as consultants paid much more to please management. Several bills in Congress take aim at the accounting industry, promising increased oversight. None yet propose the full separation that is needed between auditing and consulting firms, as McCain called for last week, but the bills at least stipulate that public companies should not be allowed to have the same firm do both its auditing and its accounting--a proposal endorsed by more than 70% of those polled...
...first varsity—undefeated during the dual season and blemished by only a loss to Wisconsin at Eastern Sprints— hardly faced a challenge through the competition, winning by over two lengths against a South African club in the semifinal and by an even larger margin against the British Molesey Boat Club in the final...
Though the Ladies’ Challenge Plate field included several world championship competitors, the club teams attending proved to be below the level of top college competition like Wisconsin, national champion California, and Washington, who beat California during the dual season. Harvard was the only elite college crew to attend Henley...