The Glory Days
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The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) was set up in 1947 with the purpose of providing information to control Soviet expansion. It has devoted most of its resources to carrying out covert operations against USSR and its allies. During its long history it has notched up several successes as well as failures. The Agencies reputation has been tarnished by its involvement in the Watergate scandal and in the deal to supply Iranian contras with weapons. Several experts feel that the agency is over politicized and had, therefore, failed to predict the end of communism or the poor state of soviet economy.
Publication Name: CQ Researcher
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 1056-2036
Year: 1992
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The tower and the glory
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The importance of building tall towers and skyscrapers with impressive and innovative technology manifested in its design and architecture is discussed. It is suggested that tall towers, like construction of 560 meter Grollo tower in Dockland, Melbourne are the appropriate environmental response to urban sprawl and the huge infrastructure cost it demands.
Publication Name: The Bulletin with Newsweek
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 1440-7485
Year: 2003
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Days of the jackals
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The Algerian war of 1954 was the last major clash between a western power, namely France, and an Arab nation. The main events of the war that France won militarily, but lost politically, is described, and a parallel drawn with the Iraq crisis.
Publication Name: The Bulletin with Newsweek
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 1440-7485
Year: 2005
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