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...National Assembly who is aligned with Musharraf's party, says that the power-sharing deal between Bhutto and Musharraf, unpopular though it may be, is Pakistan's best hope for tackling militancy in the present. "Benazir is not going to work alone. She will work in a troika with the new chief of army staff and Musharraf, and their exercise will be the eradication of religious extremism. Together these three forces are going to be more effective than Musharraf alone." Frustrated Pakistanis can only hope...
...past five years, a period when unequaled media attention, including television programs like Sex and the City, has produced a culture more fashion savvy than ever before. Katz and comrades Ann Stordahl, executive vice president of women's apparel, and Neva Hall, executive vice president of stores?the troika of women at the helm of Neiman Marcus?stayed ahead of the crowd with flying jewel tones...
...self-described “little troika of a group” was widely criticized as undemocratic and as working to silence—not facilitate—debate...
...self-described "little troika of a group" was widely criticized as undemocratic and as working to silence—not facilitate—debate...
...prize: as on The Next Food Network Star, the winner gets to host a show on the channel. (Runway's winner gets, among other perks, $100,000 to start a business.) Otherwise, the show is basically Project Living Room--10 aspiring home designers try to please a troika of judges--with a focus on collaboration. In the first episode, the competitors work in teams to appoint the extremely narrow town house they're staying in. "Design is not all about your personal tastes," says HGTV programming vice president James Bolosh. "It's about melding them with the homeowner...