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...called the Merchant of Death and Man of War for a reason.' THOMAS PASQUARELLO, regional director of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, on the capture of notorious arms dealer Viktor Bout, who had previously worked with U.S. contractors in Iraq but ran afoul of the law when he allegedly smuggled guns to Colombia's leftist rebels and other outlawed groups...
THOMAS PASQUARELLO, regional director of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, on the capture of notorious arms dealer Viktor Bout, who had previously worked with U.S. contractors in Iraq but ran afoul of the law when he allegedly smuggled guns to Colombia's leftist rebels and other outlawed groups...
...little that could have been done to cheer up Ariadne after such a trip—little except a group of friendly, folk-song-singing Swedes. But none of her three planes had any. And even if they had, I’m sure their singing would have run afoul of some federal aviation law.In fairness, I suppose that it’s possible for trains to have screwups too—I’m by no means arguing that they are perfect.Train tickets aren’t necessarily cheap either, though I usually save about 40 percent compared...
...Wong ran afoul of Singapore's censors when they threatened to pull National Arts Council funding from his second volume due to the gay content of some poems. But he learned to cope with the restrictions, and they haven't prevented him from attaining mainstream acceptance, represented by his winning the Singapore Literary Prize in 2006. If he's proud, Wong doesn't show it. Self-deprecating and mirthful, he describes himself as lazy, living off his partner's patience and generosity. Though he cites the succinct, confessional styles of American poets Sharon Olds and Raymond Carver as his most...
Probing the inner machinations of American bureaucracy and the politics of the war he was covering, Halberstam often appeared to run afoul of the patriotic party-line, Didion said, but she stressed that his only opposition was to those who abused their power and sacrificed American lives needlessly...