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...officials, too, worry that a new generation of jihadis is making the trek to Pakistan, seeking al-Qaeda's assistance. Sixteen U.S. intelligence agencies signed off on a 2007 National Intelligence Estimate that concluded that al-Qaeda has made a strong comeback in Afghanistan and Pakistan because it has found "a safe haven in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas [FATA] in Pakistan" for its operational lieutenants and top leadership. In February, Michael McConnell, director of National Intelligence, said in congressional testimony that there had been an "influx of new Western recruits into the tribal areas since...
...General Education Standing Committee approved six classes in their last meeting of the year, bringing the total number of Gen Ed courses to 45. Sixteen of these classes will be taught in Fall 2008, and 20 will be taught in Spring 2009. Gen Ed committee chair Jay M. Harris said that he’s hoping for 64 Gen Ed classes to be taught per semester by 2010. Social Analysis 10: “Principles of Economics,” whose proposal the Economics Department submitted last February, has yet to be approved for Gen Ed credit. But two introductory...
...least we’re open about our faults. Most annoying of all is the Bostonian tendency to play the underdog. “Not even Red Sox fans, but all Boston fans want to act like they’re the underdog,” Kumar said. Sixteen Celtics championships in the NBA, the Patriots’ ongoing semi-dynasty in the NFL (thank you Eli), and... well, not the Bruins, but the point stands.But I’m not bitter, just bruised. It’s one thing to subject us to history and flood the streets with...
Allen Ginsberg is an epic poet of Jack Kerouac’s Beat Generation. Ginsberg represents the North Beach school—San Fancisco’s Greenwich Village, sixteen blocks of bookshops, bars, and jazz bohemia. His epic poem is a free verse tragedy called Howl...
...Sixteen of these classes will be taught in Fall 2008, and 20 will be taught in Spring...