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Emboldened by a propaganda victory when the British left Basra, Shi'ite militants have since turned their sights on the Poles and the patchwork of other international forces stationed in and around Diwaniyah. Camp Echo, the headquarters of Multinational Division Central-South, is a virtual Tower of Babel where more than 200 Americans and most of the 900-strong Polish force work and live alongside 100 Mongolians, 62 Romanians, 46 Armenians, 36 Bosnians, 27 Ukrainians, a Lithuanian, a Latvian and a bunch of Ugandan guards. Together they and their numbers posted in urban outposts endure frequent mortar and rocket attacks...
...Emigrants.” And Ackerman’s speculations on Antonina’s diary entries are reminiscent of Laurel Thatcher Ulrich’s “A Midwife’s Tale.” But what is striking about this book is that the patchwork is not nearly as seamless as that of its predecessors. The constant—and abrupt—changes between narrative voices make the book an occasionally disconcerting read. Still, it is an apt representation of Antonina’s life—perpetually subject to explosive changes?...
...last February, that patchwork of compromises looked strong enough to win in parliament. Iraq's Cabinet approved the draft, and Oil Minister Hussein al-Shahristani promised U.S. officials that the law would be in place by the end of May. But months later, that confidence--and the deadline--has evaporated. Fierce arguments have raged over how much control Baghdad and the Iraq National Oil Co. should have over production. Oil workers' unions argue that the law gives Big Oil huge profits while potentially undercutting the interests of Iraqis. The major union staged a demonstration in July in Basra, calling...
...take African instruments and play them with [Western] electric instruments." He describes the music as a patchwork, similar to the hodge-podge clothing worn by members of his Baye Fall religion, a Sufi branch of Islam which subsitutes Koranic studies and piety for hard labor. The group's motto dieuf dieul ("you reap what you sow") impels followers to show their devotion to god through work; in Kane's case, through his music...
...modern mortgage industry consists of several sectors, some regulated tightly by the feds and others covered by only a porous patchwork of state oversight. The least regulated are the independent mortgage lenders, which sell the loans they write to Wall Street or to one of those government-sponsored enterprises with a funny name--Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, Ginnie Mae. Some of these lenders are perfectly respectable. Others, such as subprime biggies New Century Financial and American Home Mortgage, are now bankrupt...