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...deals, and if Democrats get their way, on his sale of $2 billion in Qwest stock before it cratered--twice as big a haul as that of any other corporate insider. The committee's renewed interest may quiet suspicions that Anschutz's Republican ties--he is a major G.O.P. donor--have shielded him until now. Says committee spokesman Ken Johnson: "If you're a corporate crook, Democrat or Republican, we're going to kneecap you in public." Anschutz's lawyers declined comment. --By Michael Weisskopf
...compensation for the loss of their loved ones, and the U.S. government has made some payments. Apart from their outrage at U.S. mistakes, Afghan civilians are frustrated by the plodding pace of the international relief effort. Washington has committed $280 million to Afghanistan this year--more than any other donor country--but aside from the yellow food packets dropped by allied warplanes during the war, ordinary Afghans have seen few tangible signs of the anticipated U.S. assistance. Because the Pentagon wants to maintain the combat readiness of American forces in order to launch search-and-destroy missions against remnant enemy...
Suarez-Orozco said the $75,000, in addition to recent “gifts” from the Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies and a private donor, will allow professors from the Faculty of Arts and Sciences and many of Harvard’s graduates schools to “wrap their collective minds around scholarly puzzles...
...began with a grandfather clock - (okay, and some Italian suits, a 52-inch television and a Rolex.) These gifts, given compliments of donor David Chang, lie at the heart of the scandal that destroyed Robert Torricelli's political career. The brash senator from New Jersey resigned suddenly this week, reeking of impropriety and tearfully bemoaning the lack of "forgiveness" in the world today. For making news - and making waves - Torricelli is our Person of the Week...
...huge hit throughout Southeast Asia?which proves only that the audience is desperate for Sixth Sense-style thrills, whether or not they make any other sense. A young woman (the fetching Angelica Lee), blind since childhood, has her sight restored with a pair of eyes from an unknown donor. Suddenly she sees ... dead people. Twin brothers Danny and Oxide Pang, who directed the spiffy actioner Bangkok Dangerous, settle this time for stock characterizations and flabby scare devices. The only thing that jolted audiences out of their seats was the sudden deep rumbling of the Dolby sound system whenever a ghost...