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...residents criticizing the proposal noted that the popular Galluccio has much to gain if it becomes law. Galluccio, who served as mayor from 2000-2001, received the highest number of first-place votes in each of the last three City Council elections. In 2003, he received 1,300 more first-place votes than Sullivan, who went on to become mayor for a second term...
Nothing's wrong with a remake--if it's a reimagining, a re-vision. But often the real motive behind these big projects is asset covering. "Executives who green-light a movie today may be at the highest levels of their divisions, but their divisions are within a complex array of other divisions in a global media empire," says Squire. "For the most expensive movies, there is a rush to security and the built-in audience of a branded title." In other words, when the stakes are high, make a safe bet--at least one that looks safe...
...certainly had its highlights—such as the 11-4 shellacking of then-No. 16 Yale—the Crimson players had expected things to turn out differently, coming off a 7-6 campaign in 2004 and returning a seasoned group of sophomores that was one of the highest-rated recruiting classes last season...
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Even more remarkable than how the burqa bust came about was the identity of the operative that Pakistani officials announced they had netted: Abu Faraj al-Libbi, 40, a Libyan believed to be al-Qaeda's third-highest-ranking official--and one of the few individuals who counterterrorism experts believe may have knowledge of the whereabouts of Osama bin Laden and his deputy, Ayman al-Zawahiri. But the arrest had barely been hailed by President Bush as a "critical victory in the war on terror" when the picture grew murky. According to an Islamabad intelligence source, the burqa-clad fugitive...