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...Apology, which features a close-up photo of the author on the front cover, a passing flight attendant exclaimed, "No apology? Not even for his wife?" If Romney can so easily be confused with disgraced politician John Edwards, he'll have to work harder to create a more distinct identity if he hopes to win the White House...
...should come as no surprise, then, that in the endgame, Karzai has revealed an agenda quite distinct from that of Washington - just as Pakistan has done. The premise of the U.S. policy, after all - just like that of the Pakistanis, Karzai, the Taliban and every other player in the game - is that sooner or later, the Americans will leave. And it's that reality, now more than ever, that is shaping everyone's game...
Students at Harvard consequently experience a disconnect between the IOP’s offerings and the Government Department as a distinct academic unit, Welch said...
...there was a distinct giddiness at NATO headquarters in Kabul. Senior military officials briefed the reporters traveling with Mullen and said, in effect, that the tide had turned. In several crucial southern sectors, the Taliban were demoralized. "We're putting unbelievable body blows onto the midlevel Taliban cadre," a senior U.S. official said, adding that he expected to be in a significantly stronger position within four months. The more wary military officers were worried about moving too quickly ahead of the Afghan government's capabilities. One called it "rushing to failure." Another called it "catastrophic success," a term last used...
...show also frequently stages its actors in a kind of visual triptych, arranging characters and props in three distinct groups, be it three couples at a dinner party, three inmates in jail, or three melancholy adding men toiling at their monotonous work. The tripartite visual tableau frequently created by the staging suggests a fixed, sorrowful moment in time—a moment which invites scrutiny from a distance, like a painting on a wall...