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...willing, I look forward to my trial," Noorzai says in detention in New York City. He will have a lawyer with an imposing 6-ft. 5-in. frame and a high-profile list of legal contests, if not victories. Ivan Fisher made his name defending Jack Henry Abbott, a convicted killer whose gritty prison memoir, In the Belly of the Beast, was famously championed by Norman Mailer. Fisher is no stranger to bad guys. In the 1990s, Fisher defended Haji Ayub Afridi, a man widely believed to be one of Pakistan's major narcotraffickers, as well as someone...
...judicious about sending the troops off to war, to give the military everything it needs to complete the mission and, if it appears the mission is futile or compromised, to change it or end it. "You have to ask who is really undermining this mission?" says Senator Jack Reed of Rhode Island, a West Point graduate. "Didn't the Bush Administration undermine it from the start by going to war without sufficient cause, without sufficient planning, without sufficient equipment for our troops? Even now, I would argue that the Bush Administration is undermining this surge by focusing merely...
...fast-talking turn in “The Departed†steals every scene, and former child star Haley, who, as fate would have it, plays a pedophile in “Little Children.†This year, the Academy snubbed some big stars. Major names such as Jack Nicholson, Brad Pitt, and Ben Affleck were all shut out of the race, despite receiving Golden Globe nominations.Best Supporting Actress: Adriana Barraza, “Babelâ€; Cate Blanchett, “Notes on a Scandalâ€; Abigail Breslin, “Little Miss Sunshineâ€; Jennifer...
...violence, though, is just the jack of spades in an Italian soccer world that increasingly looks like a house of cards. Beyond the referee scandal, there have been recent cases of match-fixing, financial improprieties and lingering questions of conflicts of interest. Following the dominance of the Italian league in the 1980s and 1990s, there are even signs that the off-field shenanigans are affecting performance. In the past decade, only one Italian club has claimed a Champions League title (AC Milan in 2003), following a 12-year period that included five titles in the top European competition. And elite...
...number of their peers who engage in high-risk alcohol consumption,†providing data will correct this misconception and make people think twice before drinking. Great, except that if anyone stops and thinks twice at these numbers, it becomes abundantly clear that they mean absolutely nothing. Seriously, jack shit. Let’s look at the most touted one: “69% of Harvard students keep track of how many drinks they consume when “partying.†Last Thursday, my roommate and I had a one-on-one case race. Does that count...