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...Oxford Industries and others that did so earlier this month. January and February almost always bring an outsize stream of dividend hikes, as companies lock in the good news ahead of their annual shareholder meetings each spring. This new year's burst could be exceptional. After decades in the dustbin, dividends are once again in fashion in corporate boardrooms, and they deserve a prominent place in your portfolio...
...Palestinians and deal only with the prime minister designated by the U.S. as Arafat's successor. And, so the theory went, by showing ordinary Palestinians that Abbas's pursuit of the roadmap brought progress towards statehood and an end to the occupation, Arafat would be cast into the dustbin of history by his own people...
...Yasser Arafat. He reportedly fumed at having to watch the Aqaba summit on TV from Ramallah, the White House having done its best to use President Bush's first-ever Middle East trip to crown Abbas as the new national leader of the Palestinians and consign Arafat to the dustbin of history. Bush pulled no punches during his stay in Egypt, telling a local TV network that "it's impossible to achieve peace with Chairman Arafat." Arafat's objective, by contrast, is to prove that peace is impossible without him. Washington's Arab and European allies have rebuffed...
...Making cups of coffee mixed with cocoa on illicit propane stoves. Washing and changing socks for the first time since Kuwait. Swapping girlie magazines. Smoking, eating, sleeping. Down on the riverbank, among egrets and kingfishes, I take a swim and a bath, watching a tortoise the size of a dustbin lid push itself lazily down stream. And realize I'm washing by the Rivers of Babylon, a few score miles to the North...
...America would obviously be better served if more U.N. leadership roles were held by liberal democracies, instead of dictatorships and anti-American tyrannies. Reforming the U.N. is thus a worthwhile goal. However, it may prove unnecessary, for the U.N. is in danger of consigning itself to the dustbin of insignificance. Should the Security Council decide not to enforce its own resolutions for disarming the regime in Baghdad, it will be forfeiting all its remaining credibility...