In July lawyers for dealers, auction houses and museums tried to persuade the State Department's cultural property advisory committee not to recommend renewing the emergency import restrictions on Byzantine ethnological material from Cyprus for another three years.
In fact, when Mr. Eisenach wrote to the Kennesaw State College Foundation to propose a contract for his company to manage the Renewing American Civilization course, in the letter he states that that project was indeed very similar to the American Opportunities Workshop and American Citizens' Television project.
Permitted by Musharraf to return to Pakistan last year, Sharif is now banking the PML-N's fortunes on a platform of renewing the country's top judiciary -- removed by Musharraf during a state of emergency.