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...been unwell. When last seen in public, just before Christmas, she was confined to a wheelchair, her face disfiguringly puffy - apparently from medication - and shrouded by enormous dark glasses. With both her left side and her eyesight seriously affected by strokes, Margaret was a frail, spectral figure - in poignant contrast to the vibrant young woman who once rewrote the book on proper royal behavior...
...Rusnak never left town and, his lawyers insist, was not a fugitive. The other difference: seven years ago, Leeson's losses of $1.3 billion from dodgy derivatives deals were large enough to bankrupt his employer, Barings Bank; it was taken over by the Dutch group ING. Allied Irish, in contrast, can take Rusnak's $750 million hit - that's less than 10% of its equity capital - but the drain on its resources makes it vulnerable to takeover attempts...
National teams such as Sweden and Finland have, by contrast, allowed their players to continue to play in Divison I colleges this year, which could make the U.S. and Canada even more dominant...
...played a little trombone and tennis on the side. Most Enron employees didn't know who he was until relatively recently. As head of Enron Capital Management--his job in 1997 and '98, when he was named CFO--he wielded his power across a very narrow band. In contrast to the avuncular Lay and the brilliant Skilling, Fastow was a PowerPoint executive whose number-crunching talent far exceeded his managerial and people skills. Indeed, when Fastow was charged with running an actual business--he was named managing director of Enron Energy Services in 1996--he botched it, and Skilling...
...damage. Late-night comedians and columnists are likely to have a different view, though, using the video to open up a new season of poking fun at the Commander in Chief as a fraternity goof. Clips are certain to find their way onto the Internet to provide a bright contrast to the square-jawed Bush who is trying to fight terrorism. "The Europeans will love this," chuckles one Administration official...