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...meant to be a simple raid to roust some "illegal settlers." On March 27 Tsadiqui Hussain, the lean and weary police chief of Faisalabad, Pakistan, was told by superiors that his officers were needed for some routine arrests. Hussain didn't think much of it. Faisalabad, in the center of Punjab province, is a humming mill town, and illegal immigrants are always turning up there in search of work. But shortly after midnight, some unexpected visitors came striding into Hussain's colonial-era office. They were members of Pakistani military intelligence, accompanied by American CIA and FBI personnel wearing bulletproof...
...Nothing is rushed in this sleepy Lao hamlet where the somnolence is contagious and you can spot the new arrivals by the briskness of their gaits. On the streets, teenagers conduct confabulations on motorbikes?two or three abreast?scarcely going fast enough to remain vertical. Rheumy-eyed old timers lean on fences in the grip of some nameless torpor. Silent saffron parades of monks glide by, footsteps raising little puffs of dust, stooping now and then to solicit alms. Time creeps by. You imagine some indolent imp has fallen asleep inside your watch and gummed up its works. Indeed, Luang...
...meant to be a simple raid to roust some "illegal settlers." On March 27 Tsadiqui Hussain, the lean and weary police chief of Faisalabad, Pakistan, was told by superiors that his officers were needed for some routine arrests. Hussain didn't think much of it. Faisalabad, in the center of Punjab province, is a humming mill town, and illegal immigrants are always turning up there in search of work. But shortly after midnight, some unexpected visitors came striding into Hussain's colonial-era office. They were members of Pakistani military intelligence, accompanied by American CIA and FBI personnel wearing bulletproof...
Companies looking to recast themselves as lean, mean corporate machines have three options. The preferred method of divestment is a sale, especially if there's enough interest to create an auction - and get a premium price. But buyers are not always available in slow economic times, and some divisions are not appealing to anyone. "If you can't sell it or if it is very large, you do a spin-off," says Paul Gibbs, head of M and A research at J.P. Morgan in London. A spin-off is essentially giving a unit to shareholders. But because spin-offs...
...still Bernie Schwartz from the Bronx, and "Sweet Smell" gave Curtis the role he was born to play - even as he knew Sidney was born (and condemned) to play J.J.'s well-tailored foil. "Look at the way Sidney looked," Curtis told Buford. "So...perfect. Great-looking, lean, silk shirts, tapered trousers. Couldn't get out of that environment. He's there forever...