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...against extremists and radicals"--and by swift reassurances from Administration officials that there would be no slowing in the flow of American aid to the Pakistani military. Stronger opprobrium and sanctions are out of the question because the Administration believes there are no alternatives to the dictator. Paul R. Pillar, a former CIA counterterrorism official and now a visiting professor of security studies at Georgetown University, says, "Musharraf is really the only horse in the race...
...problems with Washington, saying tension between the two countries prevents him from visiting his son. "If the CIA sends someone to kill Chavez, they'll regret it," says Nacho. But he also says his American friends taught him the importance of giving, which he now sees as a pillar of socialism. "The American people are nice. They are good people. And we don't have anything against them. Some things that the government does against us, that's the problem...
...tycoons, movie stars and pop singers are always in attendance, in the perpetually packed stands and in the owners' boxes. The Hong Kong Jockey Club, which controls all aspects of thoroughbred racing in Hong Kong from handling the betting to running the tracks to housing the horses, is a pillar of society. So much money flows through its coffers - last year's turnover was more than $13 billion - that taxes and betting duties paid by the Jockey Club make up about 8% of Hong Kong's total annual tax revenue...
...Defending the cuts, Thompson said they were necessary to prevent the BBC from "drifting steadily into irrelevance". Thompson said the BBC also plans to sell its Television Center in west London, which has been the production hub of the 85-year-old pillar of British society since the 1960s. It will also begin accepting advertising on its hugely popular website, bbc.com...
...Golf has been the pillar of my college experience. You do other things and obviously academics come first, but you need that sort of centering balance. I can’t imagine being here without it,” she said...