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...President, the Republican Party or the conservative movement. I remember walking alongside him in the Four Seasons hotel in Austin on the night Bush secured the G.O.P. nomination in March 2000. As Rove marched by, a supporter lining the hallway bowed in his presence and, with a hand flourish, declared, "King Karl...
...That lasted only a year, but in 1965 he returned with a syndicated show for Westinghouse. Though hardly cutting-edge, it had its appealing quirks. Griffin hired Arthur Treacher, the veteran British character actor, as his announcer. In his plummy British accent, Treacher would introduce Merv with a flourish at the start of each show: "And now, here's the dear boy himself...
...account withdrawals are used by some churches, and more recently, ATM-like kiosks are now available in many church corridors and lobbies, where parishioners can swipe a card and receive a printed receipt, which they can either save for the IRS or plunk into the collection basket with a flourish, so pew mates will know they're not spiritual freeloaders...
...even then most Indonesian films aren't shown for more than a week on a particular screen. "The only films that do well now are ones kids see over and over," adds producer Wijaya. That's a formula Hollywood knows all too well. But if Indonesian cinema is to flourish, commercially, its producers need to rely on something more predictable than the whim of the censors to determine whether their movie makes it onto screens...
...against Musharraf's heavy-handed tactics has fueled defiance across the country. Rule of law in the tribal areas, already weak, has collapsed entirely. A 2006 peace accord with Islamic militants in North Waziristan, near the Afghan border, forced the army back to the barracks, allowing al-Qaeda to flourish, according to the National Intelligence Estimate. Now the agreement has failed, and al-Qaeda is even stronger...