Word: sagaing
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...hard to say what to expect at the hearing on Tuesday. Kilpatrick's saga has upended various aspects of Michigan's political and business life. His departure effectively set the stage for the arrival of Dave Bing, the former NBA star and steel magnate, who was elected to a full four-year mayoral term earlier this month. That a majority of Detroit's incoming city council will be fresh faces - including one of the police officials who triggered Kilpatrick's departure - can be viewed as a referendum on the former mayor's regime. Meanwhile, federal authorities are investigating other aspects...
That the companies are set for a drawn-out saga - a likely revised bid could come as late as the end of January - is clear. What value Kraft may be prepared to place on Cadbury is less so. The British firm's shareholders are thought to want at least $13.4 a share; many analysts think they should hold out for more. But in the absence of a rival bidder, Kraft's proposal - which still offers a premium of 26% over Cadbury's share price prior to the company's initial approach in September - may start to look more appetizing. After...
...month saga of the fraud-tainted Afghan presidential election was finally resolved as Karzai was declared the winner after his opponent, Abdullah Abdullah, withdrew from a runoff race that he said would not be fair. Abdullah continues to insist that Karzai's re-election was illegitimate, underscoring the fact that the election's outcome leaves Obama saddled with an Afghan partner who is even more discredited than he was at its onset. News from the battlefront is equally grim. October saw the highest monthly death toll of U.S. soldiers since the war began, and on Nov. 3 five British soldiers...
...decision by Czech President Vaclav Klaus to sign an agreement he loathed on Tuesday was momentous, nonetheless. The long-delayed passage of the Lisbon Treaty - the Czech Republic had been the last holdout among the European Union's 27 members - marks the end of an almost decade-long saga to reform the cumbersome institution and give it a stronger, more unified voice on the global stage...
...journey of the MacManus twins eventually drummed up a large enough fan base to warrant the production of “The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day,” an equally entertaining—if not particularly inventive—second installment of the Bostonian retributive crime saga...