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...first blow against Musharraf was a long-distance punch from Benazir Bhutto, former Prime Minister and leader of the Pakistan People's Party (PPP), living in exile in London. Apparently out of spite against the President, Bhutto was prepared to cast aside her moderate, pro-Western views and tell her PPP to back the candidate of the alliance of Islamic parties for Prime Minister, Maulana Fazlur Rehman?a firebrand preacher who wants the U.S. forces kicked out of Pakistani military bases. Having Rehman as Prime Minister would have been tough to explain to Washington, so Musharraf moved fast. His political...
...career. The film focuses on Hundert’s relationship with a new transfer student, Sedgewick Bell (Emile Hirsch) who joins the class of 1976 at St. Benedict’s and manages to test the patience of the experienced Mr. Hundert with his rebellious antics. However, in spite of Sedgewick’s pranks, contempt for authority and general raucousness, Hundert attempts to cultivate in his student the love for learning he so champions...
Shana Franklin, a 2001 Nike All-American from Wilmette, Ill, will also see immediate playing time this season. In spite of her success in high school, Franklin, like her teammates, seems enervated by the challenge of joining such a competitive Harvard squad...
Parker said his team has maintained focus in spite of the distractions...
...quarter Winterthur, Credit Suisse's insurance arm, punched a €955 million hole in the books, as sagging equity prices took their toll on the unit's investment portfolio. And Credit Suisse First Boston (CSFB), the investment banking side, recorded a net loss of €423 million. But in spite of the dire numbers, Mack insists that the company is on track to return to profitability in 2003. Some analysts concur. "They are addressing the right issues," says Heinrich Wiemer, an analyst at Sal. Oppenheim in Zurich. "They are trying to work out the legacies of the past." Those legacies...