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Number 45 Bahnhofstrasse is an imposing building in central Zurich. Its monumental columns are topped by the sculpted heads of a peasant patriot, a mother, the god Mercury and William Tell, the mythic Swiss hero. This secular temple is the main branch of the Union Bank of Switzerland. Inside, there are acres of reddish brown Tessin marble. The ornate overhead moldings frame a 20-ft. by 30-ft. skylight. A uniformed guard approaches: "Who are you? What are you doing? Identification papers, please." Is this brusque aggressiveness necessary? "I am only following orders," he says in German...
...staff errs in making a specious states' rights argument. While it is right to call for the legalization of marijuana for medical uses, it is far from appropriate to blame the executive branch of the federal government for essentially doing its job--upholding...
...close to the probe reports that foreign counterintelligence considerations could prompt Attorney General Janet Reno to appoint an independent counsel to look into Democratic campaign finance, reports The Washington Post. Reno has previously refused to appoint a counsel, citing the lack of evidence showing wrongdoing among high-level executive branch officials. Although a Chinese Embassy spokesman denies that China ever meddled in overseas contributions to the DNC, electronic eavesdropping on the Embassy has prompted the Justice Department to increase the number of FBI special agents working on the inquiry to 25, and to add a bevy of foreign counterintelligence specialists...
...pursuing unions as corporate bogeymen, Wal-Mart at last overstepped its reach. Even though a vote last May on unionization at the company's Windsor, Ontario store failed 151-43, the result was deemed "meaningless" by the board since company officials had implied that they would close the branch if the vote passed. Ed Gould, a spokesman for Wal-Mart Canada, says that Wal-Mart stands firm in its belief that the vote accurately reflected the wishes of Windsor employees. Threats to close stores are not part of what made Wal-Mart "the most popular retailer on planet earth," maintains...
...view as an integral part of the military tradition of breaking down a young Marine in order to build him back up, will be far harder to rout. Fifty-two Marines have been court-martialed, and at least 34 have received nonjudicial punishments for hazing since 1994; every other branch of the military--and many military-training schools--has disciplined personnel for hazing. As Shalikashvili put it last week, "We are always going to try to fix human behavior, but we are not always going to have 100% success." But if the leadership does not put teeth into its zero...