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...privatizations, such as Petro Poroshenko, now head of the National Security and Defense Council, and Petro Yushchenko, the President's brother. And if the President is perceived to be unfairly targeting his opponents, the scheme could raise unwelcome comparisons with Russia's Yukos, the energy company many believe was driven out of business by the Kremlin for political reasons. Another concern is that regional and local officials might use reprivatization to settle old scores. Even Yushchenko and Tymoshenko potentially have big axes to grind. Tymoshenko spent 42 days in jail in 2001 on bribery and other charges, which the Prosecutor...
TIME: ChevronTexaco recently announced the biggest profits in its history, driven largely by the sharp rise in gas prices. Should folks who aren't shareholders be happy about that...
Last Wednesday in the White House residence, George Bush was trying to rally the troops. ?I'm a pretty driven guy,? he told a group of 15 GOP lawmakers about his determination to reform Social Security. ?When I get my mind focused I mean it.? It was a timely pep talk, coming after hollow-eyed Republicans had returned from town halls and covered dish dinners where angry constituents were opposed to Bush's initiative. The man in charge of shepherding the President's plan through the Senate, Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa, hinted last week it might make sense...
...popular term is “Masshole,” but that’s something of a misnomer. You see, the trouble with Boston drivers is not really that they’re jerks on the road—I’ve driven alongside my share of New York cabbies and asphalt cowboys. Boston drivers are a different breed. Their driving wavers somewhere between oblivious and schizophrenic. They stop dutifully in the left lane at a stoplight because that’s the lane they were driving in—even though there’s nobody...
...Their characters, and [how] they’re driven, will take [them] farther outside of wrestling than on the mat,” Weiss says. “They just don’t know that...