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...repaying the loans. Hundreds of millions of dollars of the Uzans' overseas assets have been frozen pending the ruling, which if it goes against them and is upheld on appeal could cost the family $9 billion. "The era of the Uzans' untouchability is over," says Ismet Berkan, chief political columnist of Radikal, a leading left-wing newspaper owned by the Dogan group. "Their empire is unraveling." The clash marks a watershed in Turkey. If the crackdown is successful, the government will claim a major victory in the fight against Turkey's old way of doing business. That could also help...
...consciousness, of more Americans than any other newspaper. Says Mark Halperin, political director for ABC News: "The media elites in Washington and New York who don't read USA Today unless they're traveling underestimate its influence in the lives of Americans." Walter Shapiro, a USA Today political columnist, says, "There's no greater feeling than being out somewhere in Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina, and realizing that one has a choice of two newspapers for the entire press corps and the entire campaign: the local paper and USA Today...
...Masry and Brockovich are pressing on, still aglow from their legal and financial triumph celebrated in the movie. That victory has gone largely unchallenged, except by columnist and author Michael Fumento who, as early as 2000, documented some of the firm's questionable tactics. The suit, on behalf of Hinkley, California residents, focused on an ionized form of chromium called chromium-6, a rust inhibitor that was carelessly dumped by the giant utility, Pacific Gas & Electric, and seeped into the groundwater used by the town's residents. In bringing suit against PG&E, Brockovich's law firm charged that chromium...
...Sosa has run into controversy before.? Last season, during the uproar over steroids in baseball, Sports Illustrated columnist Rick Reilly got a big reaction out of Sosa when he suggested to Sosa that the player should be tested for steroids to dispel any rumors of drug use.? Sosa reportedly called Reilly a ?motherf___er? and stormed off.? Some would expect a large controversy over the incident, yet the steroid issue hasn?t dogged Sosa, despite being more of a serious issue than his use of a corked bat (which, on a physics side note, can actually be detrimental...
...Maybe my columnist mug shot introduced me to some of the campus, but for the most part, the only immortality I’ve won has been on behalf of the people I wrote about, not me. I recorded a bit of history, but didn’t make...