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...elected. Vajpayee takes a bus to Lahore for peace talks with Pakistan's then Prime Minister, Nawaz Sharif. They pledge to ease tension, but a few months later Pakistani soldiers and Islamic militants clash with Indian troops in Kashmir. The Pakistanis are under the command of army chief?and future President?Pervez Musharraf...
Reducing gang crime in the 77th was one of Bratton's priorities when he took command of the department 15 months ago. He instructed his commanders to get more patrol officers out on the street, make detectives work late nights and weekends, enlist the help of federal law-enforcement agencies like the FBI and the DEA, conduct more search-warrant and surveillance missions and generally get in the gangsters' faces more. Frequently, he would turn up at a late-night crime scene and observe how his officers handled investigations...
House superintendents are first in command when it comes to addressing heating problems, and they say that the source of complaints can often be remedied at an individual level–rarely, they say, does the heating conflict arise from a system-wide failure...
...cool again. As Ford Motor Co. puts it, this is "the year of the car." The Big Three's discovery of the automobile might seem odd at this point, but over the past 10 years, Detroit has focused much of its energy and money on SUVs and trucks, which command high prices and high profits and see less competition from imports. Carmaking has been a loser for Detroit lately, but with the foreigners now muscling into the SUV and truck markets while holding on to their car sales, the Americans have to respond or risk a further erosion of market...
...fong was the Bad Girl. That was the title of her 1985 hit song (which was briefly banned from radio for its raunchy lyrics) and best-selling album. In concert, Mui was a strutting, scowling presence, exuding sexuality like a visual and aural musk. She didn't simply command the stage; she commandeered it. She set attendance records with concert series in 1987 and 1991, and her 40-plus albums sold more than 10 million copies...