Word: patchworking
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...That leaves most of the country outside of the capital under the de facto control of a patchwork of often feuding warlords whose links to Kabul are often tenuous and many of whom have reverted to extortion, drug production and other illicit revenue streams. Even in Kabul itself, Karzai finds himself a virtual prisoner in the palace, guarded by U.S. personnel because the Northern Alliance troops of his defense minister, General Mohammed Fahim, may not be sufficiently trusted with Karzai's life. Fahim, of course, is quite happy for the affable Pashtun president in the coat of many colors...
Pink high-top Converse sneakers sit next to a pair of patchwork plaid winter overalls and a skinny rubber chicken in the window of Leo’s Place...
...spare part on Harvard’s pitching staff. That’s all he was meant to be again yesterday, too, as shoulder soreness made freshman hurler Matt Brunnig a late scratch from this weekend’s rotation and caused Walsh to opt for a patchwork of Crimson relievers to replace him in yesterday’s nightcap at Columbia...
Conduct of Life delivers a disjoint patchwork of emotions that melds torture and love together in a powerful performance...
...lights went up on The House that Ansiedade Built last weekend, 13 dancers and actors moved rhythmically to South American drumbeats against a vibrantly-colored patchwork background painted onto the Ex’s black walls...