Seen from Berlin — in a land whose government has set itself squarely against supplying weapons to the Syrian rebels — there is a perception that a region in flux is setting ever-shifting tripwires for those who dare to intervene.
The surprise was that those tunes halfway evoked the recent small-group music of Wynton Marsalis, whose center-lane aesthetic profile would seem to set him squarely at odds with Mr. Endsley.
In a statement, Secretary of State Colin L. Powell said General Musharraf "has taken a bold and principled stand to set Pakistan squarely against terrorism and extremism both in and outside of Pakistan," including in Kashmir.
The area seems to be bubbling with new life, and Mr. Carrino, who spoke with me on the phone after my visits, has set himself squarely in the thick of things: in the old Lackawanna railroad terminal, a Greek-Doric colossus that served commuters from 1913 to 1981.
Three marvelous years here were enough to set me squarely on the path of a lifetime of learning.
