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...industries that contributed millions to Bush's presidential race--decided late last month that the time had come to reverse the trend. Their campaign, which culminated in Bush's turnabout letter to Hagel and the others, had all the finesse of a smackdown, leaving O'Neill embarrassed and Whitman downright humiliated. Bush consoled her with an invitation to Camp David last weekend, shortly after she issued a wan statement declaring her own about-face on the issue. But European leaders who had accepted her assurances were furious, sources tell TIME. British Ambassador Christopher Meyer complained to Vice President Cheney...
...market late last year, stations began pressuring female IJs to switch from tease to striptease (but, in a nod to the obscenity laws, only down to their panties). Ebony resisted, insisting on more talk and less gawk?most of the time, anyway. Some fans are downright protective. When somebody nags her to take off her top on a recent evening, another chatroom visitor types in: "Don't take your clothes off." She kept them...
...children milling about, Section 11 will curse and deride, condemn and deplore. The goalie sucks, his teammates suck, their coach sucks, the referee sucks. The same goes for their moms. Section 11 is not for the faint of heart, and certainly not for the politically correct. Frankly, it's downright mean...
...real? Edward's critics claim his feats are merely illusions created by standard magicians' ploys--helped along, they charge, by a few tactics that are downright underhanded...
...their darling Napster is locked in battle with the monolithic U.S. government. Napster, the largest online file-sharing service, is battling for its very existence, accused of facilitating copyright infringement on a grand scale. And boy, are the record companies pissed. But, interestingly, they are not as hotheaded and downright angry as the Napster regulars...