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...gathered, along with approximately 160 officers (temporarily asigned from the army to command the border security force). The occasion for the convocation was a durbar, or gathering of troops, the previous night. After over 24 hours of intense negotiation and the offer of a general amnesty - followed by a direct appeal by the Prime Minister to the rebels to lay down their arms - troops were readied to storm the BDR headquarters, a threat that finally prompted the mutineers to surrender early Thursday evening...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: After the Mutiny, Questions About Bangladesh's Army | 3/2/2009 | See Source »

...songs driven by powerful riffs is still very much intact. Where Boston Spaceships differs from that band is in the quality of the recording process. Where GBV became associated with the lo-fi movement of the mid-90s, Boston Spaceships records in much higher quality, helping to deliver direct pop-punk in a style more suited to Pollard’s mature songwriting talents.From the start, “The Planets are Blasted” fulfills this promise of direct rock music. Opener “Canned Food Demons” layers compelling riffs on top of each other, building...

Author: By Chris R. Kingston, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Boston Spaceships | 2/27/2009 | See Source »

...right against cross traffic, and nearly hit it. It’s something, I swear to you ladies and gentlemen,” Friedkin said, smiling, “I wouldn’t do today.”With the same boldness of mind, Friedkin went on to direct “The Exorcist”—the horror classic that earned 10 Oscar nominations—just two years later.If a filmmaking deity saved William Friedkin’s career, it was instinct, he suggested, that pushed it forward. Almost every choice made by Friedkin...

Author: By Sasha F. Klein, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Friedkin Makes the 'Connection' | 2/27/2009 | See Source »

...City’s ability to review and approve steps going forward in this process will require direct and open dialogue between the parties,” he wrote...

Author: By Peter F. Zhu, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Menino Blasts Allston Slowdown | 2/27/2009 | See Source »

...earmarks in recent years, such pet projects do play a vital role in the budget. Who better knows the needs of each district and state, he argued, than the members representing those populations? "Since we've been a country, we have had an obligation as a Congress to help direct spending," Reid told reporters on Capitol Hill. "We cannot let spending be done by a bunch of nameless, faceless bureaucrats buried in this town someplace...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Does Obama Have a Double Standard on Earmarks? | 2/26/2009 | See Source »

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