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...never before. The legacy of all this is a deep aversion to--almost a loathing of--military force. For many modern Europeans, war is a ghastly, primitive business. (Every time I call my 95-year-old aunt in Britain, I get a little lecture on the evils of cluster bombs.) War is a last resort; those ready to use it quickly--or, worse, who appear to enjoy it--are not to be trusted. That's why Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, a folksy hero in the U.S., is considered a swaggeringly dangerous Rambo by many Europeans...
Many of the lawsuits have been justified, aimed at redressing victims' unimaginable suffering. But some have appeared opportunistic, including a recent cluster filed on behalf of healthy plaintiffs against companies that have only peripheral connections to asbestos, among them media giant Viacom, baby-products maker Gerber (a subsidiary of Novartis) and Gallo Winery. If the cascade of litigation continues, according to a recent Tillinghast-Towers Perrin study, its financial toll could reach $200 billion, more than the damage attributed to the Enron debacle. "The liability--both projected and actual--is far in excess of Enron," says David Austern, general counsel...
...never before. The legacy of all this is a deep aversion to - almost a loathing of - military force. For many modern Europeans, war is a ghastly, primitive business. (Every time I call my 95-year-old aunt in Britain, I get a little lecture on the evils of cluster bombs.) War is a last resort; those ready to use it quickly - or, worse, who appear to enjoy it - are not to be trusted. That's why Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, a folksy hero in the U.S., is considered a swaggeringly dangerous Rambo by many Europeans...
...Mardi Gras party after the parade that draws in the dance devotees and those searching for sheer unbridled pleasure. Up to 25,000 people?mainly gays and lesbians?follow the parade to a cluster of entertainment venues in the inner-Sydney suburb of Moore Park for a 12-hour dance extravaganza, which starts at 10 p.m. For one night, the cavernous, and usually vacant, Royal Hall of Industries is transformed into a dance club with more laser lights and go-go boys than a Britney Spears concert. Thousands dance to one beat in the main hall, the rest scatter...
...show up before two Congressional committees Monday. Former CFO Andrew Fastow and aide Michael Kopper are expected to show up just long enough to take the Fifth. Arthur Andersen CEO Joseph Berardino is due today to talk about how much he didn't know. And so just as the cluster of Enron probes took a sharp turn over the weekend toward sending people "to the pokey," as Rep. Billy Tauzin put it Sunday, lawmakers are finding themselves either with no guests at all - the Senate Commerce committee simply canceled Monday's episode - or even worse: with guests that nobody particularly...