Word: processing
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...under arrest. Army Chief Pervez Musharraf proclaimed himself chief executive, declaring a state of emergency, placing the constitution in abeyance and suspending parliament. Sharif's ouster is the fourth successive dismissal of an elected government before it completed its term of office, bringing to an abrupt end the democratic process Pakistan's powerful army had itself put into place in 1988 when it reluctantly transferred power to the political leadership following eleven years of military rule...
...also a supreme irony for a military junta to claim it intends to depoliticize state institutions. Not only will the armed forces play a direct political role but they will work, as in the past, through the civil bureaucracy, picking and choosing their civilian allies and in the process undermining institutional norms and procedures. In its first few weeks in power, the Musharraf regime has already appointed and dismissed a number of key bureaucrats and political expediency will continue to dictate its interaction with the civil administration...
...were in touch throughout the whole process of traveling to schools and making the pick," Ruggiero said. "I'm not going to say that we chose Harvard together, but we talked about the different schools...
Northeastern is in the process of grooming its next big scorer in sophomore forward Brooke Whitney (6, 26). But Coach Heather Linstad will need more than two scorers to remain competitive this year. Additional help might come from sophomore forwards Nicole Lewis (11, 11) and Brooke White...
...woman to become a senator, later accused Helms of taunting her in an elevator by whistling "Dixie." The White House, meanwhile, appears to be relishing the whole matter, watching Helms get into potentially deep water with accusations against a minority and knowing that it can always bypass the nomination process using a "recess appointment" when Congress takes a break next month. "The White House is trying to make the Republicans look inflexible and obstructionist," says Dickerson...