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...layover, discovered some pot in a passenger's seat back, and demanded that a local police officer arrest the alleged offender. "Have you ever heard of illegal search and seizure?" the miffed cop asked, refusing to make the arrest. The program is getting an overhaul. The TSA is ceding command this week over the marshals to the Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement. A hiring freeze imposed last year is ending, with plans to replace some of the frequent-flying cops lost through attrition or failure to pass background checks...
Soloists Ian K. Goh ’06 and Lisa A. Park ’06 took command of the piece upon their entrance. Goh’s confident attack of the melodies, reflected in a rich, solid tone, played off well against Park’s sonorous, elegant performance and soaring sounds. The ensemble, which was feathery and lacking in confidence, unfortunately was not up to the soloists’ level—probably because they had to deal with choreography in addition to their playing. Hats off to conductor Alexander S. Misono...
...nomads that held and traded slaves until the 20th century - a poor association for a company that used slave labor during World War II. Last summer, Pischetsrieder's worldwide sales and marketing chief, Robert Büchelhofer, resigned under pressure and was replaced with several executives who now each command one brand. Will such moves be enough to lure back customers like Ann Jones? A few weeks ago, she grew fed up with her Jetta and traded it in for a new Honda Accord. It's a testament to VW that she did so grudgingly. "I will miss the Volkswagen...
...leverage to command [administrative] audiences and ask them for their help,” he says. In Bonstein’s opinion, it was this early coordination that made this fall’s concert attempt successful where so many others had failed...
...position shared by everyone from the French and the UN to the U.S.-appointed Iraqi Governing Council. The question is how to do it. Washington wants to accelerate the training of Iraqi security forces to get them out on to the streets, presumably still under the overall command of the U.S., in order to "put an Iraqi face" on the occupation. The IGC is composed of a variety of competing interests, and its members have different ideas about how to get the Iraqis involved in security. Some want a wholesale revival of the old Iraqi army disbanded by Ambassador Bremer...