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...testament to his ability to play both sides of the net. Blunt-spoken and avuncular, Atto disparaged the U.S. cash-for-warlords program. "It was a waste of money," he says at his junkyard in Mogadishu, where the rusting hulks of dozers and pavers are still scarred by flak from U.S. missiles some 15 years ago. "I always told them that America's interests [should be] a government that is put in place without the pressure of money. They had their own ambitions to capture certain individuals. But I told them to f___ off. We are not for sale...
...games against twin terrors Penn and Princeton. The former option would afford him the ability to play in 18 out of the team’s 28 games, and maintain the continuity of going through preseason activities. “I’ve been receiving a lot of flak for choosing the first semester,” Cusworth says. “I know the argument is ‘Why wouldn’t you want to stay for the Ivy League schedule?’ Ultimately I would only be able to come in a couple practices...
Patrick drew flak from his rivals for drawing a $350,000 salary for serving on the board of Ameriquest, a subprime lender that had been sued by 49 state attorneys general and had closed nine of its Massachusetts offices. Patrick defended his conduct, saying that he had been joined the board to help broker a settlement...
Fallingbostel, West Germany Sept. 29, 1986 Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher was taking no flak last week as she fired a round from a Challenger tank at the nato training ground [where she was visiting British forces]. Decked out in stout walking shoes, flowing scarf and goggles, Thatcher looked like a "cross between Isadora Duncan and Lawrence of Arabia," as the Daily Telegraph affectionately put it. With the help of a few tips from the 1945-1955 The decade after 1945 saw jubilation at the arrival of peace, and anxiety as the Cold War took shape — and a wedding took...
...Lebanon cease-fire is holding for a second day, but the casualties in Israeli politics are just starting to mount. Israeli Defense Forces Chief of Staff Dan Halutz, an ex-fighter pilot who was the chief strategist of Israel's less-than-satisfactory war against Hizballah, is still catching flak for Israel's failure to deliver a killing blow to Hizballah during the four-week campaign. But Haltuz is now in deep trouble on the home front as well, where he stands accused of an unusual case of insider trading that some might argue borders on war profiteering...