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An Adventure Is A Situation Where The Outcome Is Not Entirely Within Your Control. It Is Up To Fate, In Other Words

In Some Ways, Risk-taking Is The Ultimate Act Of Self-indulgence , An Obscene Insult To The Preciousness Of Life. And Yet, How Can One Dismiss Something That Persists Despite Every Reasonable Theory That It Shouldn't?

I Think Objectivity Is Like This Strange Myth That People Think You're Supposed To Achieve, But Actually, The Dirty Little Secret Is That It's Not Attainable Any More Than Pure Justice Is Attainable By The Courts.

Traditional Albanian Society Was Based On A Clan System And Was Further Divided Into Brotherhoods And Bajraks. The Bajrak System Identified A Local Leader, Called A Bajrakar, Who Could Be Counted On To Provide A Certain Number Of Men For Military Duty.

I Went To Afghanistan In '96 To Write About Terrorist Training Camps South Of Jalalabad And Tora Bora, In The Mountains. I Was There Right Before The Taliban Took Over, Literally A Few Weeks Before They Took Kabul. The Frontline Wasn't Terribly Active, But It Was Definitely There. And They Swept Into Power.