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...Qasab's story. He may have been no more than a small player. But in the places he came from and passed through and the sights, sounds and messages that he experienced, he is part of a much bigger tale, a violent drama that has rumbled over much of the subcontinent. The role has done him no good. Qasab may have escaped Faridkot and Rawalpindi. But he's no closer to the other side of the fence than when he started...
...They were soothing words, but all was not as touchy-feely as it seemed. Even as he offered himself up as a head referee more than a star player, Obama left no doubt about who was in charge. Congress and the trade groups, he said, could haggle over the terms. But they could not obstruct the project, and they would walk away at their own peril. "The status quo is the one option that's not on the table, and those who seek to block any reform at all, any reform at any costs, will not prevail this time around...
...Coming into my freshman season, we won the championship, and that was the best feeling in the world. Last year was the worst feeling, losing to Princeton, and we want victory for sure.”Murphy began her career in the grandest of fashions. Starting at designated player the entire season, she excelled as a slugger. She set the Ivy League home-run record with 18 bombs on the year, led the team with a .350 batting average, and tied the Ivy League single-game homer record with three in the Crimson’s 5-5 effort against...
...She’s a really versatile player, and every position she plays, she plays really well,” co-captain Hayley Bock says...
After Tim Robbins' character in 1992's The Player gets away with murdering a screenwriter in a Los Angeles alley, the frazzled Hollywood exec absconds with Greta Scacchi into southern California's empty desert. There, in the candlelight of a cloistered getaway motel, Scacchi asks her homicidal flame, "Do places like this really exist...