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...efforts of the rival "brand" - al Qaeda. Bin Laden's propaganda screeds are almost always built around the plight of ordinary Palestinians and Iraqis, for whose suffering most of the Muslim world holds the U.S. at least partly responsible. Bin Laden also loves to harp on U.S. support for corrupt and authoritarian regimes in the Arab world. It's a cynical ad campaign, of course. Bin Laden has done nothing to help either the Palestinians or the Iraqis, and he's nothing if not another high-born authoritarian himself. But think of it as negative advertising: he knows the concerns...
Enron is not an aberration but the tip of a special-interest iceberg endangering Americans' future economic security. This is not a time for political rhetoric and blame placing by the White House and Congress. There is a growing corrupt and evil collaboration between government and business leadership in Washington. It involves many Republicans and Democrats in the Legislative and Executive branches who provide regulatory protection to U.S. corporations, unions and associations for campaign money. It's time to dissolve this corrupt capitalist partnership. CRAIG KAISER Arroyo Grande, Calif...
...year, $700 million capital-improvement plan. The Slovak company had squandered millions on dubious investments, including a travel agency, a soccer team and lavish holiday homes for executives. But the plant was relatively modern, with 100% continuous casting and three blast furnaces. U.S. Steel stamped out corrupt purchasing practices and shifted production to more profitable products. Result: while USX-U.S. Steel's American business recorded a $177 million operating loss for the fourth quarter of 2001, USSK, its Slovak subsidiary, earned income of $2 million...
...also a courageous book. At the outset Goñi, the son of an Argentine ambassador, asserts that Argentina is a morally-blind country with a "fabricated" history that anyone can tailor to their requirements. He compares Perón's corrupt rule with the murderous 1976-83 military dictatorship that did away with 20,000 of its opponents. Both regimes, he argues, existed because Argentines opted for silence in the face of evil. Goñi has laid down a challenge to the "wall of silence" mentality that allowed Argentina's history to be so sordidly stained...
While most judges are not corrupt, skating veterans say fixes have been a problem for years. "All titles are decided ahead of time," said France's Isabelle Duchesnay, a 1992 silver medalist in ice-dancing. If there's an upside to Skategate, it's the new momentum for reform and the raised hopes that all judging will be as clean as the golden performance of Sale and Pelletier...