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...through his assailants' vehicles and outlast them in a long chase. "It was real James Bond stuff," says Smith, 49. And that wasn't even his worst day. Two years later, he and 1,000 other HSBC employees were trapped in their offices by a mob that tried to burn down the building during another of the country's economic crises...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: banking: The Bank That Ate the World | 1/22/2006 | See Source »

This winter has been no colder than most, but it's leaving businessmen like Horton and homeowners across the country with a severe chill when they open their heating bills. The 62 million households that burn natural gas will spend 35% more this winter, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, with Northeasterners expected to pick up a record $1,276 average tab for the season. In the past five years, gas-burning homes have seen prices more than double. Those who rely on propane or oil for heat haven't fared a lot better. But the big crunch...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Next Energy Crisis? | 1/15/2006 | See Source »

...Three years ago, somebody gave me a skull that was supposed to be his," says Coleman, who recently retired. It was a nice try. "It had a prayer burn on the forehead" the ex-agent says. "Zawahiri has a very distinctive one on his forehead...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Would the U.S. Know if it Killed a Qaeda Chief? | 1/14/2006 | See Source »

...circling the airport on CNN News amid much ominous speculation. As for me, I reluctantly buried myself in Justice readings, straining under the pressure of a very full bladder, and I wondered why the pilot insisted upon spending two hours flying in circles when he could just as easily burn off fuel in a straight line, in the direction of happy Milwaukee. I was blissfully ignorant, if slightly irritated...

Author: By James H. O'keefe | Title: Leaving On A Jet Plane? | 1/12/2006 | See Source »

...have a Constitution, which guides the sharing of power... I put that hand on the Bible, and I meant it when I said I'm going to uphold the Constitution. I also mean it when I'm going to protect the American people.? But he still has the burn marks, he suggests, from an earlier excess of scruple. ?At one point in time the government got accused of not connecting the dots.? He recalled the debates over intelligence failures after 9/11. ?And all of a sudden, we start connecting the dots through the Patriot Act and the NSA decision...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What's in a Name? | 1/12/2006 | See Source »

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