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...attracted Charterhouse and its rivals was Saga's market strength in Britain's fastest-growing consumer demographic: the over-50 set. And its bet is paying off. Saga's pretax earnings in its last fiscal year were up 20% to about $259 million on revenues of $1.3 billion. Last autumn, Saga refinanced nearly $2 billion of debt at better terms, and ahead of schedule, allowing it to save $59 million a year in interest payments. Moreover, Saga's travel service recently added a third cruise ship to its fleet, and Saga Magazine now has more than 600,000 subscribers, making...
...down Warner's military-tribunals bill. When I told Warner some Democrats are worried that this might happen again, he said, "There is a case history out there that justifies that concern." He closed his eyes, leaned back in his chair and recalled the intense, all-day negotiations last autumn in which he was outmaneuvered by National Security Adviser Steven Hadley. "The full flavor of what we had set out to do, it was by no means all lost, but ..." and his voice trailed off. The political stakes are much higher this time. And as Warner has learned, to make...
...windows of shoreside high-rises. Inside, chandeliers swayed and furniture trembled. These vivid scenes were not of a city on the Gulf Coast in the midst of a hurricane. Instead, the locale was Chicago's lakefront last week, and no hurricane was involved. The storm was just a late autumn blow...
...where did the magic go? Ségoléne Royal, the Socialist candidate for France's upcoming presidential elections, seemed bulletproof last autumn after trouncing two opponents with high-powered resumés. But in the two weeks since the governing conservative Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) affirmed Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy as its candidate, Sego is looking aimless and rattled - Sarkozy's poll numbers have surpassed hers, and Socialist advisers are beginning to bicker over how to put the wind back in her sails...
...real impact of the Rocky Mountain Democrats on their party may be more spiritual than electoral. Their informality and egalitarianism, their lack of bile, their can-do optimism stand in refreshing contrast to politics as it is practiced in our nation's capital. One night last autumn, Schweitzer took me to Jake's Restaurant in Billings, one of the better steak houses in his state. "Oh, hi, Governor," the hostess beamed. Schweitzer asked her if she had a table available. She frowned over her reservation list. "Sorry, Governor, we're full up," she said. "You want...