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...cover the cost of running and maintaining them, the states are essentially forcing the Bells to subsidize the competition. But given how vigorously the Bells have protected their turf and helped push up local rates over the years, few outsiders are shedding tears for what many view as a bunch of crybabies. As often happens in this combative, litigious industry, both sides are waging the battle as furiously in the regulatory arena as in the marketplace, sparking debate about the very nature of competition. Scott Cleland, CEO of the Precursor Group, an independent investment-research firm in Washington, thinks...
...It’s exciting because I grew up with a lot of these girls in high school and played against a bunch of them in different tournaments,” Bell said...
...knowing that Iraq's 132-degree summers bedevil the prospects for ground warfare. It's a gamble, of course, because it involves a regime whose power is built primarily on fear graphically demonstrating its ultimate weakness by being forced to open the gates of Saddam's palaces whenever a bunch of scientists in baseball caps demand to poke around. And, of course, there's always the danger that the inspectors will uncover evidence of weapons programs - if that happens, expect the Iraqis to dissemble, proclaiming them leftovers or the work of rogue officers and inviting UNMOVIC to destroy them...
...certain type of person.” He says this kind of person is one who loves authority but would probably never have the chance to exert such power in the real world. The German military, in Kanz’s opinion, is “run by a bunch of pseudo-Rambos,” young drill sergeants who “have complete power over you” but lack the maturity to handle that kind of power. He recalls how one young man who, in light of the Kosovo bombing at the time, refused to serve...
Otherwise, Blocker says, there would be “a bunch of people who do theater but don’t feel they’re in a club...