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...remaining bosses may do their best to "absorb" the arrests and continue Provenzano's strategy of keeping the peace within the organization. But Lumia warns that some at the top may feel forced to "impose new leadership through violence." The boss with perhaps the best chance of extending his grip across Sicily - one way or the other - is Matteo Messina Denaro, 45, of the western coastal city of Trapani. Given the historical supremacy of Palermo, that would mark a departure - or simply yet another in the Mob's endless series of creative adaptations...
Director. Actor. Key Grip. Foley Mixer. Driver for Mr. Damon. Special-effects supervisor ... Can't stay in your seat till the end of the credits? That's because moviemaking is an extreme team art form, requiring a throng of people with specialized skills to gather for a few months, often in a strange land, and spend long hours in the frequently divergent pursuits of creativity and profit. The director is their aesthetic leader, but the producer is their boss. And the bosses everyone wants to work for in Hollywood are a married team: Kathleen Kennedy and Frank Marshall...
...tribal areas, meanwhile, are in the grip of an escalating war of insurgency and counterinsurgency, with recent clashes between militants and government forces leaving more than 100 dead. The army had been sent in to contend with the supporters of a charismatic pro-Taliban cleric bent on establishing Islamic law in the former tourist enclave of Swat, better known for its Buddha sculptures and ancient monasteries than for any kind of religious fundamentalism...
...semi-autonomous region with 6 million residents, now has an annual budget of $1.2 billion and is in possession of most of Sudan's oil reserves. Foreign investors are clamoring to get in. But oil is both promise and danger; Khartoum may not be willing to release its grip on such a resource-rich region. A few weeks ago, Juba's representatives walked out of the national coalition government over the issue of the control of shared oil revenues. While talks are continuing, there are fears of a renewal...
...what happens is they go to play in it, and the sides of the toilet bowl, needless to say, are very slippery. If the seat is down, but the lid is up, there is really no way for cats to get out. There's nothing to get a grip on, not even the edge of the toilet because the seat is over it. Keeping the lid down is like putting a childproof gate around your swimming pool. Cats can only play in water supervised. You can give them a little dish to play in, or a little low bucket, with...