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...mixed success. The Administration's belated proposal for a Department of Homeland Security remains bottled up in Congress. The FBI is just at the beginning of a mammoth reorganization to refocus its mission on counterterrorism. In June, a mere 10 months after Bush and his national security adviser, Condoleezza Rice, chose retired General Wayne Downing to head counterterrorism operations at the National Security Council, Downing abruptly resigned, frustrated by his lack of power. His successor, retired Air Force General John Gordon--a former deputy director of the CIA--gets higher marks from insiders, though some complain that the Counter-Terrorism...
...like blood sports with supper, Beloye Solntse Pustyni (White Sun of the Desert, also the name of a Soviet cult film) has cockfights on Monday along with good traditional Central Asian dishes such as plov, a rice pilaf with chicken and seasonings...
...dangerously overloading them with goods bound for local markets. Entire families go for rides, dad doing the driving, mom on the pillion seat holding a baby, while a young daughter perches on the handlebars. A recent survey found only 3% of riders wear helmets. "I've never worn a 'rice cooker'?it's too much hassle," says Nguyen The Hung, 40, doing his weekend shopping with his wife and 12-year-old son on his Honda Future. "Anyway I'm a good enough driver to keep us safe." The only piece of safety equipment that sees regular...
...came out with its ranking of the best athletic schools in the country. Harvard came in 41st—the highest Ivy League program and, perhaps more tellingly, the highest rank awarded a school without a Division I-A football program. Among the schools listed behind Harvard were Kentucky, Rice, Boston College and Syracuse...
...weeks ago, Rice told London’s Financial Times that the U.S. is “completely devoted” to nation-building and reconstruction in Iraq...