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Saakashvili's heavily armed SUV convoy then took us north over dusty roads to the border village of Ganmukhuri and the 8-ft. (2.5 m) earthen berm he likes to call "the next Berlin Wall." Throngs of jubilant Georgians waved flags, passed him handwritten notes, yelled "Misha" and led chants of "Gaumarjos!" (To victory!). Saakashvili's personal film crew, which follows him nearly everywhere he goes, climbed the berm looking for a better shot but was quickly pulled down. This is, after all, a tense place, where a shouting match two years ago between Saakashvili and a Russian general almost...
...Then there’s the Park at the Park (which took me asking about four different people about it to figure out its name really is Park at the Park), which is a grassy berm with a great view of the stadium—good for families with small children—and an imposing statue of “Mr. Padre” himself, Tony Gwynn...
...incompatible with the greater story, while Benjy’s presence is one that illuminates religious allegory. Even the poetic prose of his section lends Termite an elevating sense of omniscience. “He sits by the window and hears the faint roots of the grass in the berm of the alley, long veiny threads that reach deep in the ground to drink where no one sees.” These elements fail to indicate any deeper, more enlightening reading of the story, and since they are not sufficiently integrated into the plot, they stand out glaringly...
...Much also depends on how you define "firm." To be enacted, the principle of non bis in idem requires that the sentence in the first case be "firm" - that is, that it can no longer be appealed through normal judicial routes. In his sentence, Bermúdez referred twice to the firmness of the Italian conviction, justifying the acquittal in part on the assertion that the sentence that Osman received - 10 years in prison - could not be changed. However, two days before Bermúdez presented that verdict, an appeals court in Milan did just that, reducing Osman's sentence...
...what's going on here? "If the sentence is being appealed in Italy, then the [Spanish] court made a mistake," says Cancio. "This was a huge case, and an error might have slipped through." But Queralt believes Bermúdez was justified even if appeals were still going on. "Spain's Constitutional Court changed things a few years ago, ruling in one case that all appeals don't have to be exhausted," he says. "It's enough that the process is under way." Endika Zulueta, Osman's lawyer, sides with Queralt. In an e-mail, he writes, "I will contest...