It is stark mountain territory on the western fringes of Serbdom, home to the kind of frontier folk that make the most fanatical breed of nationalists.
As a result, analysts say, the court is likely to declare Mr. Gilani guilty, a verdict that could carry Pakistan into new legal territory, with potentially stark implications for the Zardari government.
His suit might increase in power as Stark slips into doddery pensioner territory, of course, but surely better to give Stark a well-deserved retirement tinkering with techy gadgets in his LA basement while Pepper Potts browses daytime TV and Jarvis wonders what to cook for dinner.
Though Hogan and his original audience may now be showing signs of wear and tear, the stark charms of the Northern Territory, including many of the film's beautiful locations, are largely unchanged, as is the no-nonsense attitude of the locals.
In the south, the coastline around Kuta is a series of gorgeous, white sand bays backed by stark green promontories – perfect road trip territory.
"If the report, due later this week, showed that the F.H.A.'s capital reserves had fallen deep into negative territory, it would be a stark reversal from projections last year that it would show a positive economic value of $9.4 billion in 2012".
Smith sets the territory by looking at the stark difference between Mandela's account of his father, a Thembu noble and a colonially appointed headman, and the documentary evidence provided by the colonial archive.
We flew over two Amazon dams, one currently under construction, and the difference between the green Amazon forest of the Munduruku territory and these places was stark.
MUCH of the border between the New Territories and China is a stark divide.
"For 20 years I have jogged up and down that stretch religiously so at least I know the territory of which I speak," Mr. Stark said.
