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Inside the fortified converted hotel about a hundred middle-aged men in dark jackets jostle and speculate between 10 a.m. and noon three days a week. Since 2004, trading has been done the old-fashioned way, with pen and paper. Buyers shout at or call into their brokers, who stand around a series of white dry-erase boards that list each company's share buy and sell price. A man in the back takes out a pair of opera classes to read the writing on the wall. Once a sale is final, buyers wait 15 to 20 days...
...onus falls on candidates such as Hussain to keep Bhutto relevant. Hussain's speeches are filled with fiery condemnations of Musharraf, whom she blames for Bhutto's death, despite the fact that both the government and the CIA have fingered al-Qaeda affiliated militants. "You can take revenge," she shouts to the third gathering of the day. "Avenge Benazir Bhutto's death, and all dictatorships in our history, by voting for me, by voting for PPP." This time the crowd needs no prompting. "Long live the martyred Bhutto!" they shout. "Down with Musharraf...
...Current Meehan Auditorium musical selection: Finger Eleven - Paralyzer. If that's not a shout-out to RAS, I don't know what...
When he is out on patrol, primary schoolchildren dash across the street to greet Cook, running past armed neighborhood guards to proudly show him their report cards. "Hellow meestah Cook!" they shout. "Zien, zien!" Cook says, ("good, good") encouraging them in Arabic. Armed plainclothes gunmen - volunteers Cook helped organize - checked inside cars passing through the crosswalk...
...DOLLAR CHEST by Jimmie Martin Money talks, but should it shout all over French antiques? Design duo Jimmie Martin (they're Swedes living in London) paint venerable items in gold and silver leaf and graffiti them with if-you've-got-it-flaunt-it slogans and symbols. Fashion designer Paul Smith says new-Brit design twists the classics; here, it positively makes them reel. www.jimmiemartin.co.uk