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Chirac's candidacy declaration was overshadowed by questions related to the Schuller case. "I have never heard of this affair," Chirac said, his leg bouncing nervously under the table. "I may have happened to be in the same place as him, but I didn't know him personally." The following day, Le Monde published a photograph of Chirac - then mayor of Paris - shaking hands with Schuller at city hall. According to a poll published in the daily newspaper Le Parisien, 67% of people found Chirac's denial unconvincing...
...details emerge about the Global Crossing affair, it promises to be as sticky for Republicans as for Democrats. Consider, for example, the big score former President George Bush appears to have racked up with Global Crossing stock. Four years ago, for a speech to Global Crossing clients in Japan, the ex-President was given shares in the company in lieu of an $80,000 fee. The Wall Street Journal reported in 1999 that the stock was worth about $14 million. At a recent White House reception, President George W. Bush spotted Global Crossing boss Gary Winnick in the crowd. Winnick...
Italian authorities were incensed when news of the arrests leaked out and put a freeze on information related to the case. The Rome-based daily La Repubblica quoted an angry Italian intelligence source: "This affair is damn serious, and some big mouths have blown it. Now we have seven Moroccans who are barely talking, and the big fish are still at large." By the end of the week, an Interior Ministry official confirmed that a total of nine Moroccan immigrants had been taken into custody on suspicion of being part of the Rome-based terrorist cell. But at least...
...Olympics have always represented to me the pinnacle of athletic pride; replete with stories of devotion to excellence and overcoming tremendous barriers (and occasional totalitarian governments). Over the course of my 17-day affair with a set of five rings, I had been caught up in practical daydreaming for someone else. While I could never be Sarah Hughes, I could dream about her winning a gold if she made her triple lutzes...
...contest was an evenly-matched affair most of the way, with Harvard enjoying the fruits of Grumet-Morris’ excellent goaltending and converting its opportunities in the second and third periods...