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Governing Pakistan's a lot easier when your predecessor isn't around. Coup leader General Parvez Musharraf on Wednesday announced that former prime minister Nawaz Sharif will be charged with conspiracy to commit murder and kidnapping. The charges, which arise from the alleged attempt by Nawaz to stop the general's plane from landing in Pakistan after firing him as commander of the Pakistani military, carry the death penalty. "This appears to be General Musharraf?s solution to the problem of what to do about Nawaz," says TIME New Delhi correspondent Maseeh Rahman. "The general had to find...
Coach Bill Carmody still uses the complex system of his predecessor, Pete Carril. But that system has become much simpler now that Carmody can tell everyone to pass the ball to Chris Young...
Young is an accurate perimeter shooter (.393 three-point percentage) like his predecessor Steve Goodrich, who forces opposing centers to come out of the paint on defense. But Young can also run Princeton's traditional backdoor offense, taking the ball with his back to the basket and either hitting a turnaround jumper or feeding a teammate for an easy...
When he does, freshman Brady Merchant will probably start at two-guard in-between Prasse-Freeman and Long. Merchant is a solid-shooting wing guard, who, like Prasse-Freeman, also got his predecessor's number--Mike Beam...
Since the presidency of Derek C. Bok, Neil L. Rudenstine's predecessor, Harvard University has been anxious to minister to the world...