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...judgments come from those who compare Saudi Arabia unfavorably with other American allies. Kinder pronouncements are made by those whose expectations are tempered by the reality that this is a country named for a family. Another factor is the assessor's rank; top-level officials commenting on the record tend to be more generous than hands-on investigators speaking privately. Armitage has said that since May 12, "cooperation on things that are internal to Saudi Arabia has been magnificent." On the other hand, a top Administration counterterrorism official told TIME he has "significant concerns" about the level of assistance from...
...officials tend to praise the Saudis' recent sweeps of al-Qaeda cells. "We are now seeing excellent cooperation with U.S. personnel in this fight here in the kingdom," says Jordan. "The Saudis are sharing to a much greater degree the results of interrogations and on a much more timely basis." Another U.S. official refers to a "fire hose" of intelligence flowing out of the crackdown. "We know a lot more about how al-Qaeda operates in Saudi Arabia," he says. "We are getting information on its logistics, financing, operational planning and relations with al-Qaeda leaders outside the kingdom...
...players, says DeLong, are a company's critical caretakers as firms go through the typical upheavals: CEO shuffles, corporate mergers, abrupt strategy changes. Because the B players tend to think of the company as a family, they often take the time to nurture and train inexperienced employees. The B's can save companies from disastrous oversights and unethical corner cutting, since their ties to the firm tend to be stronger than those of free agents who hopscotch from job to job. And they know how to unjam the copier. One reason Enron, a company packed with hotshots, went bankrupt...
...rethink their up-or-out mentality. Beverly Kaye, a human-resources consultant, says companies should work with employees to identify lateral moves within the firm that will keep workers inspired. Too often, she says, workers who may not want to move up or don't have the talent tend to be forgotten. "If you want to light the fire under them, a lateral move can do it," she says...
...Game Boy Advance and due out Sept. 16, the Boktai cartridge has an embedded sensor that detects how much sunlight is present. Then it uses that light to charge up the virtual solar guns that kids fire at vampires and ghouls in the game. Of course, vampires tend to hang out in dungeons, so the ones in Boktai are conveniently equipped with skylights for that extra jolt when a player's in a tight spot. (The brighter it is in the real world, the more virtual light streams through the skylights.) One drawback: the Game Boy screen gets washed...