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...Europe, he says, not the saber rattlers in Washington. "How is it possible to do what the Bush Administration has done in Iraq: win a great military victory yet make America weaker?" Kerry asks. And how can the President unveil a commercial that includes a picture of fire fighters amid the wreckage of Sept. 11 while he has cut funding for fire fighters at home...
...they have a tendency to look like wimps." That's a perception the insurgents are certain to put to the test. Lieut. Colonel Russell says "these people respect strength." His unit employed some of the most controversial tactics the occupation has seen: mass detentions, firing on suspected guerrilla positions amid civilians, demolishing houses, even ringing a troublesome village with barbed wire to make all residents pass through a single military checkpoint when they came or went. "We were trying to solve a problem," says Russell. "We didn't really care what the reaction would be. They hate our guts. There...
Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia went public amid great fanfare in 1999. But savvy investors have long worried about the proverbial question, "What happens if she gets run over by a bus?" The company is so dependent on her name, likeness and image that if they are not in good standing, the franchise is seriously degraded. After the verdict, shares of Stewart's company dropped nearly...
...World published a story alleging Fallon had predicted to its undercover reporters that his horse would lose the race and that Rye would win. The paper also alleged that there had been "unusual betting patterns" on the race. Fallon denied the implication that he had thrown the race, but amid a public outcry the Jockey Club barred him from racing for 21 days and announced an investigation into "suspicious betting patterns." Only days later, the same punishment was dished out to jockey Sean Fox after he parted company with his horse, Ice Saint, in spectacular fashion in a four-horse...
Minder, who described himself to the Arizona Republic as "the epitome of rehabilitated," in 1976 founded a nonprofit group to help delinquent youths, which now has a multimillion-dollar budget. Last week, amid a barrage of criticism, he resigned as chairman but will stay on Smith & Wesson's board. Anti-gun lobbyists hope this embarrassment will help them defeat a bill in Congress that would shield gunmakers from crime-victim lawsuits. Says Mike Barnes, head of the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence: "Only in the N.R.A.'s America can a company chaired by a onetime violent hoodlum...