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...early hours of August 2, 1943, the American patrol torpedo boat PT 109, skippered by John F. Kennedy, was running slowly on one engine - to avoid detection - in the Blackett Strait, off Kolombangara Island. Its mission, like that of other PT boats, was to harass a fast-moving convoy of Japanese supply ships. On a moonless night, with little warning, Kennedy's 25-m wooden boat was rammed by the Japanese destroyer Amagiri. PT 109 burst into flames, two men were killed, and the 11 surviving crew members had to abandon the boat. Four hours later, after swimming almost...
...Unocal's board had, on July 21, reaffirmed its commitment to Chevron after its CEO, David O'Reilly, had sweetened his offer. On August 10, Unocal's shareholders were to choose between the two suitors. Rather than increase his bid, as his bankers urged, Fu folded. By the end of the August 4 meeting with his board in Beijing, the mood had lightened somewhat. "You got the sense that we were at least beginning to look at this whole episode in a slightly different way," says one participant. Already, there is speculation in the markets about who else the Chinese...
APPOINTED. JOHN BOLTON, 56, controversial nominee for U.S. ambassador to the United Nations; by George W. Bush, during Congress's August recess, the timing of which allowed the President to install the caustic critic of the U.N. without congressional approval; in Washington. Democrats had blocked a confirmation vote for months amid allegations that the former State Department official had manipulated intelligence to suit his ideology, bullied subordinates and tried to reassign those who disagreed with him. Bush said the post was "too important to leave vacant any longer...
...many states that are preparing new standards-based tests in science. By raising the profile of intelligent design, the President has doubtless emboldened those who differ with Darwin and furthered one goal of that movement: he has taught all of us the controversy. --With reporting by Melissa August/ Washington, Jeremy Caplan/ New York, Jeff Chu and Constance E. Richards/ Greenville, Rita Healy/ Denver, Christopher Maag/ Cleveland, Bud Norman/ Wichita, Adam Pitluk/ Dallas, Jeffrey Ressner/ Los Angeles and Sean Scully/ Philadelphia
Dallas cardiologist Lawrence Poliner says his case shows how peer review can be abused. Last August a jury awarded him damages of $366 million from Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas and three colleagues who trumped up charges of substandard care against him to eliminate him as a competitor. Says Poliner: "It's unfathomable that a process that should be about healing could be used to attack doctors." Obstetrician John Raviotta, after reporting to state authorities dangerous obstetrics policies at the Community Memorial Health Center in South Hill, Va., lost privileges there as a result of a peer review that included doctors...