Last week, Garber was politic about its effect on MLS's lower-league relationships, but the move certainly has a side effect of broadening the power base of a soccer pyramid that has MLS, and its controlled model, at its apex.

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In late November, in the wake of his public turn as peacemaker between Israel and Hamas, Egyptian president Mohammed Morsi made a significant power grab, issuing a presidential decree dramatically broadening his executive powers.

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Fay travels to Paris and thence to Istanbul, but with every step the story loses power, as we come to realize that Hartley, the laureate of dysfunctional suburbia, is unwisely broadening his horizons.

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