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Could an appeal for emergency aid for Gazans living in extreme hardship following the Israeli military campaign be construed as an attack on that campaign? Thompson and his lieutenants fear so. Ben Bradshaw, a former BBC newsman who is now Health Minister, called the reasoning "completely feeble." MPs are queuing to sign a motion brought by Richard Burden, a Labour MP, expressing "astonishment" at the rebuff. "It completely baffles me," Burden said. "Do I think impartiality is important? Of course I do. But to be honest, what the BBC is doing is undermining its reputation for impartiality rather than bolstering...
...enactment. While some Democrats defended the study, saying it did not look at large parts of the bill, it was still a topic of some contention at the caucus' weekly lunch meeting on Wednesday. "If [the CBO report] is right, it is a cause for concern," said Senator Ben Nelson, a Nebraska Democrat, after the meeting. "I'm troubled if the bill doesn't create jobs, if it's not an investment that creates or retains jobs...
...novel of the same name. As a casting choice, Pierce Brosnan could not have been improved upon, playing the taipan, or chairman, of Struan & Co., which is modeled on the real-life conglomerate Jardine Matheson. Deborah Raffin - white of stocking and padded of shoulder - is the love interest and Ben Masters plays a silver-haired corporate raider. A pouting, 21-year-old Tia Carrere gives a splendid performance as a mistress by the name of Venus Poon. (See 10 things to do in Hong Kong...
...states, "It would be interesting, just for the fun and justice of it, to subject Rumsfeld to four hours in a stress position," it sounds as though Klein, if he had been responsible for gathering information to protect millions of Americans, would have made the same choices Rumsfeld did. Ben Courtney, SELINSGROVE...
...President-elect, he efficiently paid homage to the capital's various power centers. He did an interview at the Washington Post. He dined with leading conservative thinkers at George Will's suburban Maryland home. He rubbed elbows with his former colleagues on Capitol Hill, grabbed a bite at Ben's Chili Bowl and took a late-night tour of the Lincoln Memorial. He also paid quiet visits to both Arlington National Cemetery and Walter Reed Army Medical Center...