Word: pan
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...official (Brendan Fraser) who comes between them--represents the Europeans, Vietnamese and Americans who danced on a slippery geopolitical slope that led straight into the Big Muddy. But they are mainly three points on a triangle of love, lust and rancor in a land where emotion, no less than pan-national idealism, revs the heart rate and clouds the vision. Steal a man's woman or connive in a faraway nation's destiny at your peril. Bedfellows make strange politics in this cautionary tale, which is as thoughtful as it is handsomely acted. Caine's subtle, bold performance should guarantee...
...Bond franchise is one of the pioneers of product placement. "Bond has always been a brand-aware character," says David Wilson, EON's vice president of global business strategy. Dr. No "placed" Pan Am, Red Stripe and Smirnoff. But Die Another Day sets a new standard for promotional deals, pitching about 20 brands, from Finlandia vodka (yep, he switched) to 7-Up and Norelco shavers...
...Army, departing Russian troops completely stripped their Baltic bases. Given these disadvantages, Baltic militaries have improved dramatically over the past decade. But their real strategic importance to NATO doesn't lie in military might - the three countries combined have just over 20,000 troops - but from the new pan-Baltic radar network known as BaltNet. U.S. General Joseph W. Ralston, NATO's Supreme Allied Commander, calls the system "one of the best I've ever seen. We'd love to have it at NORAD in Alaska." With its central monitoring station in Karmelava, Lithuania, 100 km west of Vilnius, BaltNet...
Healy said dealing effectively with these problems is hard because police cannot arrest people for pan-handling or public intoxication...
Galluccio suggested police take a similarly indirect approach to reducing minor crimes such as pan-handling and public intoxication. He advocated adopting tactics used by the New York Police Department, which targets pan-handlers and public drunkards for offenses such as jay-walking and obstructing public walkways...