The fear of Will Jones's knuckles had won a degree of peace for him.

She is a graduate of Vassar, where she won a degree by her musical studies.

Hardline Islamists have also won a degree of support among Lebanese Sunnis, though Sunni leaders say such groups have no major backing in Lebanon.

And because Bazin and I were the only ones working them, we won a degree of independence rare in the by-the-book world of the FBI.