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Cheney’s words seem especially apt in relation to Bush At War, Bob Woodward’s account of the current administration’s response to last year’s terrorist attacks. The book, which reveals the administration’s trial-and-error approach to the war against terrorism, feels like a rough draft of some final, more complete version. As good a journalist as he is, Woodward has only one major source: the administration itself...
...strongly believe that race is one of many factors universities should be able to take into account in a well-designed admissions process that promotes the vital educational interest in diversity,” Summers said. “We hope to be helpful in persuading the Supreme Court to affirm this important proposition...
...America. Financial services are also rife with inefficiencies: Life insurance is largely sold not by financial professionals but by brigades of old ladies, often part-timers working door to door?a model that has not changed since the aftermath of World War II. Indeed, the sectors that account for 90% of Japan's economic output achieve labor productivity rates just 63% of those in the U.S. As the McKinsey report bluntly puts it, these sectors are "the source of Japan's ills and the Japanese economy will not rebound until the performance of these companies begins to turn around...
...perpetrators of the Bali massacre a suicide bomber? Or was he an ordinary jihad footsoldier who accidentally blew himself up? An account of what happened Oct. 12 by one witness strongly suggests the latter. According to Indonesian police sources who interrogated the witness, the terrorist named Iqbal entered the jam-packed Paddy's Irish Pub just after 11 p.m. and headed for the restrooms at the back, where he deposited a plastic bag. The witness?whose identity is being kept secret by police?entered the men's room as Iqbal was leaving and, spotting the bag, called out after...
...Since the study took into account how much people value their own lives, and the economic consequences are equal, I think we should just keep things the way they are to save time,” he said...