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...depressed market, a bankable rally in the not-too-distant future, and a floor under share prices? Well, here's the disclaimer: If it sounds foolproof...
...doll is just one manifestation of our deluded expectations that Saddam will not actually use these weapons. Our optimism lets us treat these weapons as distant, hypothetical dangers—reasons to invade Iraq—without considering them real and immediate threats to American soldiers. If Americans think they can gloss over the threat from chemical and biological weapons, then it seems the war against Iraq will bring a very difficult surprise...
...distant relative of the leaders of a Middle Eastern country is not normally enough to impress fashion big shots, who often mingle with the likes of Queen Sofia of Spain or Queen Rania of Jordan. Designers and CEOs know, and care, about Majed al-Sabah because largely through his flashy exoticism and smarts--and, perhaps, wallet--he has become one of the most prominent retailers in fashion...
...promises to be more ancient still, as it lies beneath layers of ash that range between 1 million and 8 million years old. Just like the Vostok ice, Marchant's ice contains air bubbles, meaning that it could produce a record of carbon dioxide swings that occurred over this distant and dimly understood interval of time. First, of course, Marchant will have to convince skeptical colleagues that his ice really is that old, that it has not been reworked by geological processes--and this is likely to take some doing. But if that effort proves successful, scientists will have wrested...
...people's lists," says Simon Moyle, founder of 4th World Adventure, a tour operator based in London. He started the company after falling in love with Mongolia on an independent bike tour. "It's not like Kenya, where people have been there and done that. It's still so distant--not even on this planet. Once you've been to Mongolia, you feel like you've achieved something...