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...voice despite his many frustrations. His only, and initially wary ally, is a young detective named Emily Sanders (Charlize Theron), who is endlessly harassed by the male cops in her squad room and obliged to deal with a jurisdictional dispute: did the crime take place on military or civilian property...
...power if he steps down as military chief, or that Bhutto as Prime Minister will be able to control the army. "The Pakistani army is a one-man show. Whoever is chief gets to call the shots. And if you send the army back to the barracks, no civilian leader can tell them what to do." Gul says that in trying to influence the political process in Pakistan, the U.S. is playing with fire. Just as Bhutto has been tainted by her relationship with Musharraf, the President is sullied by his relationship with Washington. Warns Gul: "The more the people...
...retired Chicago inner-city teacher and principal, I have long felt that conscripting high school dropouts in national service might reduce gang activity. Perhaps we should send teens who quit school to training camps that, like F.D.R.'s Civilian Conservation Corps in the 1930s, would be far from cities so that gang ties would be cut. Do we need help in the national forests with multiple projects...
...naive" for thinking that Musharraf will have any clout once he steps down as military chief or that Bhutto will be able to control the army as Prime Minister. "The Pakistani army is a one-man show," he says. "Whoever is chief gets to call the shots ... no civilian leader can tell them what...
...mentioned this to a civilian contractor, William Corke, who disappeared and came back with a bag of T shirts with pictures of scantily clad women and mermaids, bearing the words FANTASY ISLAND, DIEGO GARCIA...