Word: soiled
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...didn't even set foot out of the airport. Nawaz Sharif, two-time Prime Minister of Pakistan, had planned a triumphant return to his native soil nearly seven years after choosing exile over a life term in prison, a choice imposed on him after a coup by then military chief Pervez Musharraf. Despite a landmark Supreme Court ruling last month that the former premier could not legally be denied a return to his home country, Sharif was bundled out of the Islamabad Airport first class lounge by a phalanx of plainclothes police officers and elite special forces soldiers clad...
...their 43 matches since the last Cup. But if it isn't to be New Zealand's time, who else can win? Probably only the big-occasion Australians or the grinding, brutal South Africans, whose ruthless preparations for this Cup signal their determination to lift it. On home soil, the always-stylish French are another possibility. Asia's sole representative, Japan, under former All Black John Kirwan, will try to turn around their lamentable World Cup record (which includes a staggering 145-17 loss to the Blacks in 1995), but victory is impossible...
...Soil: Paint dust, leaded-gas exhaust and industrial sources add to naturally occurring lead...
...client can't just go home to face the music. "He committed the heinous crime of purchasing an apartment in Paris," Rubino, says in a mocking tone. "That's more important than murder and kidnapping?" Noriega's POW status would end if he sets foot on Panamanian soil and he signs a release provided by the International Committee of the Red Cross, says Vagts. But, as federal prosecutor Sullivan noted, if Noriega first went to Panama, it's unlikely he would ever set foot in France due to "Panama's constitutional prohibition on the extradition of its nationals...
...stronger in the centers in the past. While their scrum's good, it's less of a weapon than South Africa's. If it's not to be New Zealand's time, then who else can win? Probably only Australia or the Springboks, with France a possibility on home soil. Rush acknowledges the physical strength of the South Africans but doubts they have the flair to repeat their '95 win. "Their method is to batter you into submission and then score," he says. "But it's hard to batter teams in finals - everyone's too up for it." England have...