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...facing off for a third time—and with a shot at the NCAA Tournament at stake—it will be equally emotional, but one’s victory will be the other’s bitter defeat, placing these two in very unfamiliar territory...
...Minister Goh Kun will assume the deposed leader's duties until Roh's fate is decided by a special Constitutional Court, which has six months to decide whether the National Assembly's decision should stand. If it does, a new presidential election will be held, which could mark a bitter and premature end to Roh's political career. Meanwhile, South Korea's armed forces went on alert on the off chance that North Korea might try to exploit the political turmoil. The U.S. State Department would say only that it's watching developments "carefully," while Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi...
...They cite the Adams House of pre-randomization lore—including its past penchant for exclusivity—as evidence that the House is just indulging in decadence when residents complain about not feeling welcome in their own dining hall. This cheap shot usually resonates with undergraduates still bitter about their housing assignments, but it ignores the data that inspired the new restrictions. A full one-third of meals served at Adams the week before the ban went to first-years. That adds up to 1,100 extra meals served in addition to the 1,800 that went...
...trial will be far more complicated than Stewart's. For one, jurors will have to parse evidence based on accounting issues that are complex and deadly dull. And there are nagging questions as to why Ebbers, who held almost all his WorldCom stock until the bitter end, didn't dump more shares if he knew the price was propped with bogus financials...
Powerful forces are marshaled on both sides of the debate (and in the middle). The union is fighting to limit the number of players whose steroid tests the government can subpoena. The owners--grateful for the home-run explosion that helped put fans back in the seats after the bitter 1994 strike but worried that fans will cry foul over steroid use--have assumed their familiar duck-and-cover stance. And Bush, a former co-owner of the Texas Rangers, is reportedly trying to organize a steroids summit. Tony Serra, Anderson's lawyer, argues Bonds is a "trophy martyr." Says...