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...ethnic identity this time, The Eternal Smile's trilogy straddles the line between reality and fantasy. In its opening story, "Duncan's Kingdom" (previously published in comic-book form in 1999), a knight embarks on a dangerous mission in order to win the hand of his beloved princess, but along the way gets distracted - in a send-up of the grail quest - by the hunt for something called Snappy Cola. The second story, "Gran'pa Greenbax and the Eternal Smile," focuses on a miserly frog who must confront his thirst for riches when he finds himself the subject...
Although the famous Chinese curse May you live in interesting times is not, in fact, a Chinese curse, given China's enabling role in our present predicament it ought to be. Since the fall of 2007, 35% of the value of publicly traded companies has evaporated, along with $3 trillion worth of home equity - $10,000 per American man, woman and child - and five million jobs. Iconic businesses and whole industries are variously dead and dying...
...fact been achieved." Bratton will be moving back to New York City, where he once served as police commissioner, to run Altegrity Security Consulting, where he will consult on security for law enforcement agencies worldwide. (Read a story about why Bratton and Rudy Giuliani don't get along...
...very strong bench here, the leadership team I?ve surrounded myself with, a number of whom are capable of stepping in as chief of police." The word on the street is that his three assitant chiefs, Jim McDonnell, Sharon Papa and Earl Paysinger may be in the running along with the well-regarded head of detectives, Deputy Chief Charlie Beck...
...confirmed, Mehsud's death would bring to a dramatic end a short but terrifying career. Over the past two years, Mehsud, who is believed to be about 35, emerged from near obscurity to claim a place in a hall of infamy along with the Saudi Osama bin Laden, the Egyptian Ayman al-Zawahiri of al-Qaeda (who are still at large) and the Jordanian Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, who was killed while leading the radical insurgency in Iraq. Cagey, dogged and charismatic, Mehsud had a knack for uniting disparate factions around a common cause; he transformed the badlands of South...