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...enough plutonium from the spent fuel to produce four to eight more within a matter of months. It is unknown whether North Korea has ever actually constructed a nuclear weapon. But given the relative simplicity of making a crude device, some U.S. analysts suspect that it has a bomb, albeit an untested...
...There is another lovely irony to Bush's stimulus plan. Neither the president nor his economic advisers believe the broader economy actually needs a stimulus. As Bush and his spokesmen have been saying for months, the economy is growing, albeit fitfully, and its underlying fundamentals remain sound. What does need stimulating -- and this is where political advisers like Karl Rove come in -- is the public's perception of the economy's health. And that is tied directly to the markets. "People look at the Dow and the Nasdaq and they feel queasy about the economy," a White House official told...
...Dins were given classic ’50s haircuts “with serious parts and lots of gel,” according to Daniel R. Cohen ’04, the group’s music director. “We all looked like a bunch of jerks, albeit good-looking ones,” he said...
...rather than under the microscope of a single ruling. "The question this time, if they get past the filibuster, will be whether Pickering is a sound judge. And if you look at his record, he is," says McGinnis. "He hasn't been reversed very often." Pickering has his vehement, albeit occasionally defensive sounding supporters in the Senate, including newly minted Majority Leader Bill Frist, who told Fox News Sunday, "Judge Pickering is a well-qualified judge. The American Bar Association used those words, 'is well qualified...
Seven months later, Rowley is still campaigning, albeit more warily. She talked to TIME, her first interview, with great trepidation. She is afraid of being fired and afraid of appearing self-serving. "I don't want to be famous," she says. "I will not stand up in front of people unless I have something important to say." Visiting FBI headquarters after the hearing, she was popular with clerks and secretaries. "I'd get elbows in my ribs and winks," she says. In the Capitol building, janitors and police darted across the hall to thank...