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...this optimism of course begs the question, if Bush is so committed to this vision, why has he not acted where he could have already? Why did he abandon the mission in Liberia? Where is the democratic institution building in Haiti? What about military intervention in Sudan? This also, of course, brings to the forefront concerns about how readily Bush violated Iraq’s sovereignty without the support of the global community—a trend that could not continue if this larger mission were to ultimately be successful. For some, Bush’s troubled relationship with...
...That sort of doom-laden analysis is an extreme minority view - but the fact that it is being aired at all is remarkable. The Russian political system is authoritarian and secretive, but there's no sign that Putin's supporters are preparing to abandon him. In the past, Putin has shown himself ruthless in imposing his authority - as Mikhail Khodorkovsky, the Yukos founder who tried to challenge Putin's power by funding rival political parties, discovered to his cost. Khodorkovsky has been in prison since October 2003, charged with offenses, which he denies, including tax evasion, embezzlement and theft...
...underparticipation, and that means the legitimacy of the new government will be suspect from the start. And while some members of the insurgency--whose estimated strength could be higher than 20,000--may be coaxed to come in from the cold, there's little chance that jihadist guerrillas will abandon their goal of fomenting civil war. As if to underscore the point, a group loyal to Abu Mousab al-Zarqawi, the most-wanted insurgent in Iraq, released an Internet audio message last week in which al-Zarqawi purportedly vows to wage holy war against the U.S. and its allies...
...such snap choices because it never faces the kind of market risks that Boeing does. Richard Aboulafia, an aerospace analyst at Virginia-based Teal Group, agrees: "Airbus has the freedom to develop new products whenever it wants, or to discount prices whenever it wants, because its shareholders won't abandon it. Boeing, a fully floated company, has no such luxury." Boeing is trying to spin the A350 as a sign of lost confidence in the A380. Sniffs Stonecipher: "The A380 is a great engineering success - but so was the Concorde. The A380 could be a market disaster." John Leahy, Airbus...
...worst nightmare, this student eats his or her stress in the name of delaying work. The grazer typically arrives in the dining hall at 5 p.m. and moves from table to table over the next three hours as his friends, acquaintances and total strangers slowly but surely abandon him. The grazer will spend much of the meal with his mouth ajar, cursing his excessive workload, and may grow angry if you interrupt his tirade. He is later spotted hovering over the cream cheese at Brain Break...