Word: patronism
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Most startling was the premature retirement of trusted friend Lieut. General Mahmoud Ahmad, chief of the formidable Inter-Services Intelligence, or ISI, widely regarded as the country's invisible government. As a staunch patron of pro-Taliban policies, Ahmad is thought to have opposed Pakistan's new alliance with the U.S. Musharraf had reason to fear that segments of the ISI might thwart promised cooperation with U.S. intelligence. And it is said that Musharraf hit the roof when an ISI-linked jihad group devoted to wresting Muslim Kashmir from Indian control took responsibility for a blast in the Indian city...
...Most startling was the premature retirement of trusted friend Lieut. General Mahmoud Ahmad, chief of the formidable Inter-Services Intelligence, or ISI, widely regarded as the country's invisible government. As a staunch patron of pro-Taliban policies, Ahmad is thought to have opposed Pakistan's new alliance with the U.S. Musharraf had reason to fear that segments of the ISI might thwart promised cooperation with U.S. intelligence. And it is said that Musharraf hit the roof when an ISI-linked jihad group devoted to wresting Muslim Kashmir from Indian control took responsibility for a blast in the Indian city...
...Afghan population, faces an Islamist insurgency of its own, and that intensifies its opposition to Afghanistan's ruling militia. It has served as a rear base for opposition forces based in the north, and could be another important base for U.S. action - once again, if its Russian patron is willing...
...former patron of Ma Soba said the closing took her by surprise since the store is typically busy...
...runway at anytime in the last 25 years. A collection which opened with an orange blazer worn with a violet blouse tied like a scarf at the neck and a shapeless brown skirt. Particularly effusive were the grandes dames of English-language fashion writing. pure elegance by patron saint of paris fashion read the headline of the piece by the Daily Telegraph's Hilary Alexander. "It proved that he holds all the secrets of couture in his hands," said Suzy Menkes in the International Herald Tribune. Such is the sound of the fashion flock paying homage to a once-great...