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Morgalis informed the entire team via e-mail in early August, once the NCAA had given its cursory approval—much to the delight of his teammates...
...power to local governments. In one case, three years of haggling between Exxon-Mobil and Indonesian oil company Pertamina, now in the process of being privatized, has stalled the development of the massive Cepu oil field on the island of Java. The negotiations were dealt a serious blow in August, when Exxon-Mobil says it was informed by Pertamina that its contract to operate the field, set to end in 2010, would not be continued. Exxon-Mobil says it will hold off on a $2.6 billion investment to develop the field until its contract is extended. With oil prices remaining...
...think twice about investing in companies with commercial activity in Sudan, Iran, Syria, North Korea, and Libya. Congress has already introduced bipartisan legislation (H.R. 5061) that would limit Sudan’s access to US capital markets and mandate disclosure of all US commercial activity in Sudan. And in August, a Washington, D.C.-based think tank, the Center for Security Policy, released a report entitled “The Terrorism Investment of the 50 States” demanding more security responsible investing by America’s top public pension systems...
...events of August suggested that Kerry's team was not yet quick or smart enough. Unlike in February, when Kerry was less well known, by August the Bush team had constructed a cartoon narrative of Kerry as a phony, unprincipled opportunist. When the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth launched its ads claiming that Kerry had embellished his war record, the accusations fell on fertile soil. Quite apart from Red America, in the purple enclaves of Missouri and Ohio, there were plenty of voters who would hear the charges on cable or online and believe there was something to them. Only...
...reminders of the country's vulnerability are hard to avoid. Government authorities announced last week that two female suicide bombers who carried out the attacks that brought down two passenger jets in August had actually been stopped at the airport by counterterrorism officers and then released without being searched. The unspoken assumption is that they bribed their way onto the planes. And Chechen rebel leader Shamil Basayev posted a message on a website last week claiming responsibility for the plane bombings and the school attack, noting that Beslan had cost a total of just $9,700. The government promptly blocked...