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...another of his Sunday bombshells, Paulson asked Congress for the authority to do (and spend) whatever it took to keep the companies from going under. He soon got what he wanted, and he said he hoped that alone would be enough to see them through. But after taking a closer look at the exact state of their capital reserves and watching buyers begin to shy from their debt, he stepped...
...Ortega, however, is still exploring whether his embrace of the Church, and his wife's supplemental beliefs, will bring his people any closer to the new earthly kingdom he promised. In Nicaragua, as he would have it, the book of Daniel is still being written...
...political analyst close to the government said that al-Maliki finds himself bridging the divide between the U.S. and Iran. "When you are the bridge between major parties, every side wants you closer to it," said the analyst. "It's part of the secret war between the U.S. and Iran; Maliki's one of the tools they...
...first mission, James releases a cloud of smoke, protecting him from sharpshooters but obliterating his comrades' view of him. (There's another company ready to cover him closer to the action.) A taxi has just edged toward the suspected device; he tells the driver to back out of the area. No movement. James walks closer, repeats the order; stillness. He puts his gun against the man's head: "Wanna back up?" The car slides into reverse. "Well, if he wasn't an insurgent," somebody says, "he sure is now." Finding a string nearly buried in the street dirt, James finds...
...Sims, people told stories about their private lives. Spore should lend itself to very different kinds of narratives. "I think Spore is going to be closer to Tolkien or Lucas or Kubrick," Wright says, "in terms of these very epic stories about the meaning of life and its destination." What's interesting about Wright is that he doesn't have to be Tolkien or Lucas or Kubrick. He wants you to be. "I'm a little different from a lot of other game designers in that I'm never interested in trying to tell a story," he explains...