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...course, soldiers and their families weren't the only ones surprised by the Pentagon announcement. Just hours before the news leaked out, President Bush complained about Democratic Congressional foot-dragging that has held up approval of a $120-billion-plus supplemental war bill. "The bottom line is this: Congress's failure to fund our troops will mean that some of our military families could wait longer for their loved ones to return from the front lines," Bush told an American Legion audience in suburban Virginia. The next day, his Pentagon did it all by itself, without any help from anyone...
BRATZ With their spunky attitude and streetwise style, the cat-eyed dolls had their best year ever, tallying $2.5 billion-plus in sales and relegating Barbie to the uncool girls' table...
...economic delegation that includes six cabinet ministers, the U.S. Trade Representative and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke - and he's under pressure to deliver. The U.S. urgently needs Beijing to allow its currency to appreciate in value against the dollar, to put a dent in Washington's $200 billion-plus annual trade deficit with China. And Beijing is not inclined to comply...
...sums of money that Indian cricket, with its vast and ever more affluent fan base, is able to attract. "The passion that India has for the game is greater than any other country has for any sport," says International Cricket Council (ICC) chief executive Malcolm Speed. "Factor in the billion-plus population and an economy growing by 7 to 8%?and what that means for the value of TV rights, advertising and sponsorship?and you understand the commercial power of India...
...sense of national responsibility. With the prime reason for western alienation gone, "western Canadians will have to reinvent themselves" as more active contributors to the national dialogue, says Roger Gibbins, head of the Canada West Foundation in Calgary. Gibbins, who points out that Alberta's C$9 billion-plus surplus is as large as the federal government's surplus, suggests that westerners will have to develop "thoughtful" ideas for sharing the revenues derived from their booming oil and gas reserves. "We are already working on new ideas, like a nationwide sustainable energy project," says Gibbins. Other west-based concepts that...