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...many Pakistanis, the family spat is more entertaining than most of the soaps broadcast on state-run television. But the violent end of last week's demonstration, which left one person dead and 20 wounded, has sullied an otherwise promising start to Bhutto's second term. With the government and party machinery firmly in her control, no one expects any serious challenges to her rule. That is, until Murtaza gets out of jail. Even on bail, he will, by local Muslim tradition, automatically assume the leadership of the vast Bhutto clan. With his mother's help and the support...
...most successful product introductions ever. Raised in Scotland, the son of a carpet layer and upholsterer and the only non-college graduate to hold the top position, Trotman is better suited and % more polished these days. But he still likes the rough-and-tumble of an honest working-class spat, almost fondly recalling the good brawls in Britain. "The manufacturing guys were terrifying people," he says with a trace of a burr. "They were barons who would throw you out of the plant if you went in there without permission. Literally. So there was always a culmination of salesmanship, pragmatism...
...bootleg rum. Quaffing cocktails and beer at Ernest Hemingway's old haunt, La Bodeguita del Medio in Old Havana, they rail against the system, unconcerned that they might be overheard. At 21, Ricardo is just out of prison after serving a nine-month term: he got drunk and spat on a statue of independence hero Jose Marti. Now he is officially a nonperson and unable to find a job. "How am I supposed to live?" he asks bitterly. He earns his keep by "inventing," selling his jeans for 200 pesos, which fetched 40 lbs. of rice that he resold...
...University's own police report of one particularly violent incident says three officers were spat on by a violent man who was bleeding from his mouth and claiming to have AIDS. The Gazette published the following: "A suspect was arrested at 75 Mount Auburn St. for participating in a fray and being a disorderly person...
When the War on Drugs clogs the jails to the point that the Tussle with Murder and the Spat with Rape are compromised, we have to wonder where we are headed as a land...