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...fugitives from Britain and elsewhere who aren't thrilled at the prospect of a thaw between the island's two governments. Their colorful presence has given northern Cyprus a somewhat louche reputation. Over the years, the likes of convicted drug baron Brian "the Milkman" Wright (he always delivers) and Pete "Maggot" Roberts (convicted of selling tainted meat) have holed up there. Last month the chief suspect in Britain's biggest heist, the 2006 theft of $100 million from a security depot, was rumored to be on the island, or to have sent his loot there. (Authorities deny he's there...
...Such changes aren't only happening overseas. "How do you sustain an Army ... where the soldiers are volunteers, and the families are volunteers, and get them to stay with us during these very challenging times?" Army Secretary Pete Geren wondered aloud to military bloggers on March 26. At least part of the answer is money: The Army is doubling what it spends to take care of families, he said. The Pentagon is experimenting with three-year sabbaticals - including health benefits, but no pay - for personnel desiring a break in their military service. Other family-friendly measures include letting family members...
...Yuri Andropov had made this speech?" Others were appalled at the enormous potential costs of a space race. Said Republican Senator Mark Hatfield of Oregon: "It is a call to siphon off the meager and inadequate commitment which now exists to rebuild America." A few Senators, including Republicans Pete Domenici of New Mexico and Malcolm Wallop of Wyoming, have long been urging such a project. The reaction from most others was guarded curiosity. "It's worth putting out and debating," said Senator William Cohen, a Republican from Maine...
...came to him during a 1992 visit to the wise man of batmaking, 64-year-old Isokazu Kubota, master craftsman for equipment manufacturer Mizuno Technics Corp. Over the past 49 years, Kubota has made custom-designed wooden bats for more than 1,500 professional players, including Pete Rose and Hideki Matsui...
...most stunning statement to appear in Pete Thamel’s piece in The New York Times about possible recruiting violations made by the Harvard men’s basketball program under head coach Tommy Amaker wasn’t the implication of a new, dodgy admissions policy. It wasn’t the allegation of unethical conduct by current assistant coach Kenny Blakeney. It wasn’t the story about Amaker accidentally on purpose running into the parents of a recruit in a New Jersey supermarket.It was right there in Thamel’s opening line...