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...TIME in 2005. Have his fortunes changed since then? Not if you go by court decisions. Last week, a Michigan jury awarded $6.5 million to two former Detroit police officers who alleged they were retaliated against for investigating possible misconduct by Kilpatrick's bodyguards. The award is the latest blow for Kilpatrick - even as his city makes some gains...
...Greece's youngest prime minister, won about 42% of the poll against 38.9% by the rival Panhellenic Socialist Movement, or PASOK. The result was as much a personal victory for Karamanlis, who took office four years ago without ever serving a government post, as it was a blow for PASOK leader George Papandreou, whose party was left in disarray after its worst showing in 30 years...
...crushing blow to Microsoft, which has engaged in a bitter nine-year wrangle with the Commission. But the ruling also confirms the role of the Commission, which had staked its reputation as an antitrust regulator on the case. A defeat would have undermined its authority and risked a flood of court appeals against every Commission decision...
...pair’s departure was a serious blow to a department that lost several scholars during Summers’ tenure, including star professor Cornel West, who left for Princeton after Summers suggested in a much-publicized confrontation that he should spend less time developing rap CDs and more time on traditional scholarship...
Within hours of his death, tribal figures who surrounded Sattar were promising to continue on as he had with their fight against insurgents in Anbar Province. But anyone who knows the dynamics of Middle East tribalism understands that Sattar's death represents a huge blow to the U.S. strategy in Anbar Province and greatly dims hopes for success elsewhere in Iraq. Wily and charismatic, Sattar in essence embodied the U.S. strategy for Anbar Province and stood as a kind of unlikely poster boy (banditry was part of his tribe's expertise) for the Administration's hopes for a turnaround...