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...DIED. ALAN CRANSTON, 86, four-term California Democratic Senator whose career as a champion of nuclear disarmament was overshadowed by a 1991 Senate reprimand for his involvement in the savings and loan scandals; in Los Altos Hills, Calif. After an early career as a journalist, Cranston returned to the U.S. from Europe and was appalled in 1939 to find sanitized English versions of Hitler's Mein Kampf; he translated his own, unvarnished edition, prompting Hitler's publisher to sue to stop sales...
...Alan E. Wirzbicki '01, the president of The Crimson, declined to comment...
OPEC wants to play Alan Greenspan to the world's oil economy, but rogue member Iraq and the U.S. economic slowdown could foil the oil cartel's best efforts. The cartel - which meets out in the open to fix prices, despite the fact that half its members are also members of the World Trade Organization, whose rules forbid such practices - is due to convene in Vienna next week, and is expected to agree to reduce the world's oil supply by 1.5 million barrels...
...Vader version, but rather the stern but loving father figure of "Field of Dreams" or "The Lion King." That quality which once made Powell so attractive as a possible presidential candidate will probably also make his confirmation hearing one of those festivals of bipartisan deference usually reserved only for Alan Greenspan...
Still, it's important at times like this to step back and count your blessings. Inflation is no longer on top of Alan Greenspan's worry list, so the Fed chief has room to cut interest rates, probably starting late this month. Corporate profits, though slowing, will still be up in the coming year. Mortgage rates have declined sharply, putting a floor under home values. That's critical because despite the explosion of stock-market wealth over the past decade, the most valuable asset most Americans own is their home. The unemployment rate remains low at 4%, and many economists...