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...logos or images of the studios,” he says. “In other movies, I pay attention to other things that would be emblematic; so, when I look at French films I work on images of the state and cultural institutions that parallel whatever the production apparatus...
...difficulty of redirecting the army toward moderation is illustrated by Musharraf's struggle to reform Pakistan's powerful internal-security apparatus, Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), once the Taliban's No. 1 ally. These days, says a Western diplomat in Islamabad, the ISI's top brass carries out Musharraf's bidding, but some of the lower-echelon officers seem to retain ties--ideological and financial--with their former Taliban proteges. Says this diplomat: "At some level, these guys see the Taliban as an insurance policy for what happens next in Afghanistan...
...task of restoring confidence falls to China's top cop, Public Security Minister Zhou. A prot?g? of former President Jiang Zemin, who remains head of China's army and controls the country's security apparatus, Zhou took office in December and set out to clean up China's dirty cops. One of his first proclamations was to ban officers from drinking alcohol while carrying side arms. More recently, police officials say Zhou sent 10 teams of investigators into the provinces to gather information on what reforms would best improve police behavior and will incorporate his findings into new policies...
...White House still has some muscle with the Israelis, it has less and less with the Palestinians. Washington pressed Abu Ala to appoint an emergency Cabinet that would take control of the Palestinian security apparatus and crack down on Hamas and other radical groups, but Abu Ala backed down under pressure from Arafat and others. Some in the Administration wondered whether the new Prime Minister was already compromised. "The U.S. has made it pretty clear," says this official, "that we won't support someone who is the voice of Yasser Arafat...
Rapier’s selection comes as the University begins to consider how to raise the billions of dollars that will be needed to build a new campus in Allston, and as it works to increase the efficiency of its fundraising apparatus...