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...elements who have destroyed peace in the region." Dropped from helicopters above the mountain scrubland of South Waziristan the day before 28,000 Pakistani troops went in to wrest control of a militant stronghold, the letter was signed by General Ashfaq Kayani, chief of the Pakistani military. To drive home the point that Pakistan's most powerful man was speaking directly to a people largely ignored by the country's laws and politics, his photograph, flanked by the Pakistani flag and the crossed-swords insignia of the military, was splashed across the top of the note...
Naturally, when Picower's wife found him at the bottom of the pool at their Palm Beach, Fla., home on Oct. 25, speculation about what had happened ran wild. But the county medical examiner quickly ruled that Picower had drowned after suffering a heart attack. His death may ensure that this chapter of the Madoff affair will remain veiled in mystery...
...About eight years ago, I got the idea" to become a gelato artisan, says a 45-year-old student, a European executive who asked not to be identified by name or even home country for fear of tipping off employers to a possible midcareer switch. "I figure I have about 15 years of energy left. Do I want to spend it climbing the corporate ladder? Or do I finally do this...
...manager in Tampico, Ill., learned in September during her first trip to Italy, when she consumed her first gelato. After a few bites of green apple, a light went on, illuminating her future: "I tasted this, and I was like, We have got to bring this back home...
Wheeler was in perfect position on the opposite side of the net to capitalize on the rebound, and she slammed it home for her first goal of her college career...