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...overthrowing Saddam would create a dangerous power vacuum. Remember, before 1991, the U.S. had seen Saddam as a strategic counterweight to Iran, and the fact that the majority of Iraq's population is either Shiite Muslim or Kurdish had raised concerns that bringing down the regime could presage a breakup of the country that would destabilize the region. But for the hawks, September 11 and the subsequent anthrax terror highlighted the danger of leaving a regime as noxious as Saddam's intact, and they have been pressing hard for the U.S. to tackle Iraq once Afghanistan is over...
These days, that person is looking very much like Bill Gates. A year ago, his company stood on the brink of a court-ordered breakup. Then an appeals court reversed the breakup order while keeping intact much of the lower court's anti-Microsoft rulings. Two weeks ago, the Justice Department, answering to a new President and distracted by Sept. 11, hastily inked an antitrust agreement in which the monopolist basically agreed to play nice. Now, with only minor changes to that deal, nine of the 19 original litigants, including New York, Ohio and Illinois, have found they...
...favorite designer Donna Karan for Driver's dress (friends reportedly said that Driver preferred Vera Wang), along with a pricey celeb-studded bash, while Driver wanted something small. Smiles were left behind. Driver's spokeswoman says that any rift between Babs and Minnie is untrue; she adds that the breakup was "a mutual decision." Ah, but in the spirit of that old song, if they had a chance to do it all again, tell me, would they? Could they...
...accounts for 37% of British Airways? revenue - and nearly all its profits. "We face exceptional conditions which have forced us to take very tough decisions," said BA?s chief executive Rod Eddington. Even before the terrorist attack, Merrill Lynch had forecast BA would earn $94 million this year. "Its breakup value is higher than its market capitalization currently," said Colin Hill, managing director of Avmark International, a commercial aviation consultancy. Even Virgin Atlantic said it was cutting 1,200 staff, its first retrenchment ever...
...Heartbreak Hotel, a popular Providence club. The sarcastically grandiose music soon gave way to cheesy 60s sitcom music and the lights swirled around the empty stage, before the always awkward and geeky Folds finally appeared to the cheers of a capacity crowd. After last year’s breakup of Ben Folds Five (BFF), the king of angry, indie piano rock is back, touring for Rockin’ The Suburbs, his most intelligent, subtle album to date...