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...Administration is bracing for another disaster. "We're as vulnerable today as we were on 9/10 or 9/12," says presidential counselor Karen Hughes. "We just know more." Here is what TIME has learned about America's vulnerabilities--and how the U.S. is working to bolster its defenses on four crucial fronts...
...exclusively with the job of preparing the country for future terrorist threats. Since he took the job of Homeland Security czar, former Pennsylvania Governor Tom Ridge has had some rough sledding; Bush gave him no authority over Cabinet members or agencies, which means he lacks the clout to win crucial bureaucratic fights. But Ridge has shown his skill in the Washington art of writing checks. The Administration's $38 billion homeland-security budget proposes a $380 million system to track the entry and exit of noncitizens and gives $282 million to the Coast Guard for protecting ports and coastal areas...
...asbestos, the industrial scourge of the past century, bounce back into this one? In 1982 Johns-Manville declared bankruptcy, thwarting thousands of lawsuits on behalf of plaintiffs sickened by asbestos exposure. Two state supreme courts, New Jersey's in 1982 and Louisiana's in 1986, set crucial precedents by determining that defendant Manville was liable for asbestos-related illnesses even if the company had not been aware of the substance's danger. Two years later, the trust was established from the company's assets, and officials predicted that 80,000 to 100,000 people would file claims against...
...show is an exciting and crucial annual event in the art world where the hippest galleries display the works of their brightest art-stars, all vying to outshine the rest and attract art collector’s eyes and checkbooks. It is an international gathering with a wide range, though overwhelmingly dominated by New York with its imposing presence of 69 galleries. Other galleries represent all the major, and not-so-major, hotbeds of contemporary art, including Berlin to Chicago to London to Osaka...
...have this crucial fact obscured by headline-grabbing tragedies like Pearl’s is a tragedy in its own right. I can but urge that every time a bearded militant’s image is flashed across a news screen, the millions of Pakistanis who aspire towards American-inspired ideals of liberty and justice also be remembered. It is one way to ensure that Pearl’s murderers never achieve their ultimate goals...