Even the most purblind now know him for what he is: less a statesman than a brigand, not a partner but a foe.In this section The long game The struggle for Hong Kong Wireless wheels The measure of Marina Googlephobia ReprintsThat overdue clarity should guide the West in the ongoing struggle for Ukraine.
Foreign aid workers based in Herat think Mr Khan a brigand, but not of the worst order.
Two months ago, a brigand called Veerappan, who should have been caught long ago, kidnapped a much-loved film star; the governments of two states are negotiating with the kidnapper because they are terrified of provoking him.
Ulrich passed some time in Switzerland, France, and Germany, occupied with brigand exploits and in service under Francis I of France; but he never lost sight of the possibility of recovering Württemberg.
His mother, Khamco, formed a brigand band to restore the political and material fortunes of the family, and Ali became a notorious brigand leader.
Shah Ashraf halted both the Russian and Turkish onslaughts, but a brigand chief, Nādr Qolī Beg, defeated the Afghans at Dāmghān in October 1729 and drove them from Persia.
The crime strip eventually developed into the more or less exaggerated and romanticized life of the famous brigand, which is the precursor of the early 20th-century detective strip.
When the old Count Moor disowns Karl, the young man turns brigand and defies all established authority at the head of a band of outlaws, until, before long, he discovers that however corrupt the existing order may be, violence and anarchy do not offer a workable alternative and society cannot be reformed by terrorism and crime.
C. 1780 Mavrommati, Greece May 5, 1827 Athens, Greece Geórgios Karaïskákis, (born c. 1780, Mavrommati, Ágrafa, Epirus, Greece died May 5, 1827, Athens) a klepht, or brigand chief, who played an important role in the Greek War of Independence.
His articles, accompanied by superb photos, appeared in the society's magazine from 1924 to 1931 and, with titles such as "Experiences of a Lone Geographer: An American Agricultural Explorer Makes his Way through Brigand-Infested Central China En Route to the Amne Machin Range, Tibet", they did much to stir the world's imagination about the wild east.
The cemetery workers look forward to calmer days, when the faithful no longer fear joining the deceased by venturing onto Iraq's brigand-infested roads.
