Imperial Guard and Detective

BLOOM TO READ FROM 'TEARS OF MERMAIDS: THE SECRET STORY OF PEARLS' ON DEC. 4
US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 11/25/2009; 1361 words; ...shimmering pearl necklace. Like an obsessed detective, the University of Iowa journalism professor...executive jets. When he finally met these imperial pearl barons, gun-toting sentries stood guard around them on island outposts. Bloom writes...

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Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England); 10/4/2009; 597 words; ...rebel warlords, Liu Bei and Sun Quan. As the Imperial Army sweeps south, Liu's shrewd strategist...Rogen as Ronnie, a shopping centre security guard who would rather be a cop. When real detective Ray Liotta arrives to investigate a car park...

A battle of wills and water; The US-Mexican border.(William Vollmann's doorstopper)(Imperial)(Book review)
The Economist (US); 8/1/2009; 1410 words; ...of life, and "Imperial" gives him plenty...border patrol-guards, sweatshop workers and private detectives fill his pages as...people. Although "Imperial" is centred on...Vollmann extends Imperial northward to the...

LETHAL WEAPONS; Guns for hire plot to arm the region's underworld.(News)
Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England); 1/22/2009; 923 words; ...Martin Jones, 57. Detectives today hailed the sentences...found six boxes of .22 Imperial long rifle rounds and...across the region. Detectives launched a complex probe...He played the role of guard, looking after the...Crime operations detectives conducted a complex...

NOT-GUILTY PLEAS TO GUN CHARGES GROUP SAYS OFFICERS IN STURGIS HAD RIGHT TO CARRY.(News)
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA); 9/17/2008; 1051 words; ...including a Seattle detective who shot a Hells Angels...filed against Seattle Detective Ron Smith, 43; Seattle...Smith, the off-duty detective, initially faced two...Joseph McGuire, 33, of Imperial Beach, Calif., is...and a U.S. Coast Guard member. In both cases...