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...Sept. 11. Analysts from both agencies have worked closely to investigate al-Qaeda materials recovered by the military in Afghanistan for clues to possible terror plots. Bush now receives reports from both agencies in a single daily briefing. But the intelligence community is still struggling to get up to speed. Last week FBI Director Robert Mueller announced plans to create a "supersquad" of Washington-based agents to handle terrorism investigations. It will require the bureau to hire almost 2,000 new agents in the next 18 months...
...reported personal fortune of more than $275 million, she transcends performers' usual financial insecurities, and yet with her iconic status comes the intense glare of public attention. Madonna, immensely successful as a singer, has never won respect as an actress - her 1988 Broadway stage appearance in David Mamet's Speed the Plow caused New York magazine's John Simon to grumble that "she could afford to pay for a few acting lessons." Her most successful movies are those in which she played supporting roles that traded on her headstrong image, like 1985's Desperately Seeking Susan...
...seen before, and while the Badgers proved to be the Crimson’s biggest threat, the Big Red finished fifth in 5:46.26. Despite racing in the EARC, Wisconsin has few regattas against teams in the east, making it difficult to guage the Badgers’ speed aside from paper rankings...
Harvard will not have a chance to race Wisconsin again, nor will it test its speed against Berkeley or Washington, the other top crews in the country. The opportunity would come at the IRAs, a championship regatta that begins on May 30. Harvard will already be training at Red Top—the Yale boathouse—as the Crimon faces the longest crew race in the nation, with a four-mile course in the varsity event...
Harvard has been fiddling with its lineup in the weeks since the Georgetown race. The Crimson hoped that a shake-up would infuse the boats with speed and excitement. But the cost of new lineups is rowers that are still getting used to rowing together...