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...both his national security adviser--a spot for which Libby was certainly qualified--and his top domestic political adviser--a job for which he possibly was not. It was an astonishing, and some people said, unprecedented amount of power for a single staff member. Libby also managed to grab the high-ranking title of assistant to the President and a seat on the National Security Council, not to mention his own CIA intelligence briefing every morning, just like his two bosses. From that powerful position, Libby helped the Vice President in his first term cement his reputation as a bold...
...vice. In the 1990s, "Not only did the hold of governments on borders weaken," writes Na?m, "but [economic] reforms amplified the rewards awaiting those who were prepared to break the rules." And it turned out that everyone from gangsters to generals to regular businesspeople could hardly wait to grab the spoils...
...revenge. As our flotilla pulled up to the riverbank, a jirga and their gunmen were on hand to welcome Mueenuddin. He was escorted up to an ancient shade tree beside a mosque. This was a crucial moment: would the elders allow us to sail upriver, or would they grab all the aid for themselves? Mueenuddin made his case eloquently. A few supplies were dropped off, and I saw a line of men like ants hefting 30-kg sacks of flour up a near-vertical mountain. Said Mueenuddin: "I told them we didn't have many supplies, and this...
...league title aspirations after the game are a little more hopeful. Previously undefeated Penn fell to Brown, meaning that—assuming Harvard wins out—Brown must lose one of its last three games and Penn must beat Princeton next week in order for the Crimson grab a share of the Ivy title.“I said to them after the game, ‘you know, I think Brown beat Penn,’ and the frustrating part is that we’re literally one play away from being tied for first...
...Blum's 14th-inning game-winning shot in Game Three, in what was his first World Series at-bat. And in the bottom of the ninth inning of Game Four, shortstop Juan Uribe made a defensive marvel of a play by hurling himself into the left-field seats to grab a foul ball, thereby helping snuff out a Houston threat to a fragile Sox lead...