Word: alongism
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...vanished in a flood of urgent requests for mortgage relief. So he sent his materials a second time, but instead of an answer from the service company, he received a letter from lawyers for the bank. This, too, is typical, said Wagoner. Modifications and foreclosures often proceed simultaneously along separate bureaucratic paths, so that the bank's customer-service face is encouraging even as the legal arm is threatening...
...Along came the curveball. Gateway's personal computers, marketed in cow-spotted boxes, lost their appeal. Sales tumbled; stores closed. The company's stock price plummeted. Fewer customers meant less customer support. When the Kansas City operation finally closed in 2006, Stevens was among the last employees let go. Now, for the first time in her life, she's finding it difficult to talk her way into...
...family,’” he says. “I believe that it’s different than at other schools. I really do. We bust our butts every day, together. I honestly can tell you I love every single one of my teammates. Along with working hard and being successful, I’m having a lot of fun too. Family first...
...only after the army had agreed to halt its counterinsurgency operations and the government caved in to the militants' demand for the imposition of Islamic law. Then it emerged that the Taliban and the army would both be observing a four-day truce in Bajaur, the tribal area along the Afghan border that has seen the fiercest fighting in Pakistan's domestic campaign against extremists. And on a more ominous note, last weekend at an undisclosed location deep in Waziristan's mountains, Pakistani Taliban commander Baitullah Mehsud forged a new alliance with two rival commanders who had been fighting...
...Pakistan's domestic militants have faced a four-pronged assault since last summer, with counterinsurgency campaigns by Pakistani troops in Swat, Bajaur and the town of Dara Adam Khel - home to a notorious militant arms industry - along with stepped-up CIA-directed missile strikes from pilotless drone aircraft. The seriousness of the Pakistani effort was underlined by the scores of casualties suffered by the military, particularly in Bajaur. The military believes it has the Taliban on the ropes in Bajaur and says the truce there is simply to give Taliban members an opportunity to surrender their weapons. The cease-fire...