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...policeman before becoming a businessman and a politician, Thaksin is trying to play both good and bad cop. He has repeatedly pledged to divert more development funds to the south. But he also declared martial law in the area immediately after a Jan. 4 raid on a Thai army base there, ordered more troops to the region, and abandoned a program that emphasized cooperation between the military, the police and community leaders. Instead, Thaksin gave sole responsibility for public security to the police, who are reviled by the Muslims because they consider the cops corrupt and insensitive to Islamic customs...
Freshman centerfielder Julia Kidder led off with a single to left field. Junior left fielder Lauren Stefanchik knocked one to the third baseman, who threw Kidder out on a fielder’s choice. Stefanchik stole her 10th base of the season and then advanced to third on a ground out by Gordon...
...fourth, Brotemarkle got into trouble with runners on first and second and no outs. But she induced Fry to line softly to Bettinelli at second, who doubled up pinch-runner Lacey Neahr at second base...
...could pick The Hot Choice—the man or woman who would guarantee media acclaim; The Political Choice—the person who would achieve a balanced, multi-ethnic, multi-ideological and multi-gendered ticket; or even the The Pander-bear Choice—exciting his party base by throwing them a politician they love...
Anticipating that Northeastern (3-1)—rejuvenated after seven class-free days—would mount a sustained challenge, the Crimson (6-0) planned to pre-emptively counter with an aggressive start punctuated by a smooth transition into its base cadence, 36.5 strokes per minute. But, at least immediately, not all went precisely according to plan...