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...elevated to head of the FSB, the Yeltsin-era successor to the KGB. On the day he walked into the headquarters on Dzerzinsky Square, he said, "I'm home at last." But Moscow's top boys regarded the mere lieutenant colonel with disdain, says a former agent: "We considered Putin a little bit too short in stature." He went to work replacing top echelons with St. Petersburg friends and launching an unpopular campaign to cut jobs. Meantime, citizens were troubled by the way Putin's FSB continued to persecute environmental activists and initiated official monitoring of the Internet...
...Healthy Choice products and get 500 miles--or 1,000 miles for purchases made before June 1999. Phillips tossed soup and popcorn into his basket like an end-of-the-world fanatic, but went apoplectic when he saw chocolate-fudge pudding cups at 25[cents] a pop. A mere $62.50 worth, he quickly calculated, would buy 25,000 miles...
Though immediate action towards Taiwanese independence seems unlikely, the mere prospect of such an occurrence is anathema for the mainland government. Ostensibly, Chinese communists appeal to a sense of nationalism as justification for these threats, which are becoming more or less a challenge to their brethren on Taiwan to surrender or be destroyed. Among the warnings was a statement of conditions for which Taiwan can expect retaliation amounting to annihilation. This list includes proclamation of independence, foreign intervention and, more ominously, protracted delays in progress toward reunification with the mainland...
...most towering geniuses such acclimation is necessary. When the best and brightest lack underdogs to root for, their destructive ambitions seek other outlets. A combination of academic excellence and athletic prowess, then, is not only rare--it's dangerous. Is it mere coincidence that the 1969 occupation of University Hall came just one year after the Harvard football team went undefeated...
...remains unclear exactly what impact the new policy will have, and some see it as a mere public relations ploy. Police department spokesman Roland Lee told TIME Daily that the specifics have not been worked out yet, and that it remains unclear whether the women's groups will have the authority to review each and every case that is downgraded. What's more, said Lee, "the women's groups will look at some cases, but the final determination of whether to investigate them will still be made by the police department." Still, the move can be taken as another sign...