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...weapon against the war on terror there. It's justice, democracy, and empowered people. And here they have participated in the demolition of the same structures. We have a judicial tradition and reasonably independent judges. We had a reasonable tradition of empowered votes. [Allowing the government of Pakistan to dismiss] the judges is going to prove to be as ill-advised and as disastrous as dismissing the entire Iraqi army. The Americans are going to rue the day that they allowed - without a whimper - Pervez Musharraf to arrest the judges. If they continue to keep the status quo on that...
...novel, it is just a matter of perspective.Only Kertész can take us through his characters’ tortuous thought-paths in such a manner: his characters grate against our hearts and reason, and yet, as much as we may wish to do so, we are unable to dismiss them as insane. Repeatedly denigrating himself as “the new boy” and just a “flat-foot,” Martens accepts his share of responsibility for the murders he helped commit as part of the secret police. He does not attempt to pass...
...tens of thousands of lawyers and other pro-democracy activists in nationwide demonstrations last summer after President Pervez Musharraf sacked the independent-minded Chief Justice. The protests received little more than token support from the Bush Administration, but they rattled Musharraf, prompting him to suspend the constitution, dismiss the Supreme Court and lock up hundreds of political and civic leaders. Among them was Ahsan, who has been under house arrest (and briefly in jail) since Nov. 3. It's a telling comment about the state of political freedom in Pakistan that, with the country set to vote...
...shouldn't totally dismiss that more mysterious component of team success: chemistry. Kicking back in the players' lounge at the team's Waltham, Mass., training facility, Allen, Garnett and Pierce are loose, introspective and quick to pounce. Garnett calls Allen stubborn, and Allen predicts that if Pierce doesn't shave his head, he'll grow George Jefferson hair. The trio's personal history helps. Garnett and Allen were Olympic teammates in 2000 and have known each other since their South Carolina schoolboy days; Garnett and Pierce played as teens for the same Amateur Athletic Union team...
...complicated, however. Under steady pressure from NCLB to raise test scores, some districts have looked for quicker, easier ways to identify and reward teachers who boost achievement. In some cases, they have made the call largely on the basis of a single year's test results-a method experts dismiss as unreliable. In Florida, for instance, one of Governor Jeb Bush's final initiatives before he left office in January 2007 was to push through a merit-pay program that offered a 5% bonus to teachers in the top 25% in each participating district, with selection based at least...