Word: leadership
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...suspending parliament. Sharif's ouster is the fourth successive dismissal of an elected government before it completed its term of office, bringing to an abrupt end the democratic process Pakistan's powerful army had itself put into place in 1988 when it reluctantly transferred power to the political leadership following eleven years of military rule...
Faithfully following the blueprints of his military predecessors who have directly or indirectly controlled Pakistan for most of its existence, Musharraf claims the army reluctantly intervened to prevent an unscrupulous and corrupt political leadership from destabilizing the armed forces, the last remaining viable institution after Sharif had systematically eroded the autonomy and authority of the president, the parliament and the judiciary. Refusing to give a definite timetable for the restoration of a civilian, representative government, Musharraf claims that the military will withdraw to the barracks once it has prepared the grounds for a "true democracy," having eradicated all the ills...
With a star gone and a national championship to defend, the Crimson must look within itself for the leadership co-captains Mleczko and vocal defenseman Claudio Asano provided during last year's 33-1 season...
...fact, the snoop-to-student ratio at Webster is quite high. Voss has selected 60 kids for her Principal's Student Leadership Group, whose duties include reporting any incidents or smoldering resentments that might lead to trouble. Kids who look or act different at Webster know the walls have ears. Meanwhile, Voss and her assistants, walkie-talkies in hand, routinely roam the halls between classes. In order to avoid the appearance of a police state, it seems, Webster Groves has had to create a real...
...many of you are not planning on going to college?" asks David Cady to the 61 seniors in his senior leadership seminar. No hands go up. Cady, who plans on having his class begin to fill out college applications next week, knows this is the first discussion of college many of these seniors have had this year. "How many have taken either the SAT or the ACT?" Fewer than half raise their hands. "How many of you have been to our career library?" Five hands...