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...Rumsfeld's concern: The Shiite alliance that won the election has openly proclaimed its intention to conduct a wholesale purge of the new Iraqi security and intelligence services of many of the former Baathists quietly reinstated by the U.S. and the government of former prime minister Iyad Allawi last year to help fight the insurgency. The new government also wants to take control of those ministries, which could mean that some of the U.S.-appointed technocrats and commanders in various security structures will lose their jobs - a prospect Rumsfeld has been increasingly anxious about. Three weeks ago, he warned...
...depth of that betrayal may be determined by the House Judiciary subcommittee, which will conduct more hearings this week. Said New Jersey Democrat William Hughes, the chairman: "We're learning a lot more about the E.F. Hutton case by the hour." Yet even before the new hearings open, Hutton is hurting. Said James Hanbury, who monitors financial-services companies for the investment firm Wertheim & Co.: "Hutton's sales force is nearly demoralized, and its customers are starting to hold back. Even after it's over, Hutton will still wear the stigma. And in this business, which is regulated by trust...
...maintain stability in the art market." The suit was dismissed because the judge said Christie's was not responsible for the vagaries of the market. In a statement issued last week, Christie's board said it takes "the gravest view of this isolated lapse from the high standard of conduct" that Christie's maintains. Nevertheless, the sale is scheduled for further scrutiny. New York's attorney general is investigating it for possible consumer fraud...
...impulse to wail, Hannah remains a distinctive, disturbing voice. Longtime fans continue to wonder when he will again reach the comic breadth and scope of Geronimo Rex (1972), his dazzling first novel. Certainly not this time. Captain Maximus is almost aggressively fragmentary. But Hannah's brand of disorderly conduct, even in bits and pieces, remains a welcome reminder that art can be just as wild and unpredictable as daily life. --By Paul Gray
...bomb fell free. From that moment to this, nothing has ever been the same in the world. The people of Hiroshima, the course of World War II, subsequent wars, subsequent peace, the position of science, the role of the military, international politics, the nature of knowledge, art, culture, the conduct of lives: all changed. Other ages in history were characterized by heroes or by ideas. The atomic age is characterized by a weapon and a threat...