| 1 | These full moons clean up loose ends and also reveal certain truths that may have been hidden from view. | |
| 2 | Perfection is a project for totalitarians, absolutists, and cranks, of which the fossilized remains of Marxism provide many splendid examples. | |
| 3 | It is believed that the Taliban and the remnants of al-Qaida have found hiding places in the mountains between Afghanistan and Pakistan, in the northwestern frontier tribal areas. |