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...Russia and China have all publicly and privately urged Bush to slow down. With the exception of the U.S., every one of the 15 members of the Security Council wants inspections to continue beyond this week's report, says a Council diplomat. Even the staunchly supportive British are not eager to fight soon. While dutifully repeating Washington's "weeks, not months" mantra about the end of inspections, a British official admits "we need to give [chief inspector Hans] Blix the time he needs...
Ultimately, the man who chooses between them is the President. Both Tenet and Rumsfeld report directly to him. And thus far, Bush has been eager to give Tenet leeway to build up his commando force. With a major conflict looming in Iraq, units from all branches of the military are mobilizing to get a piece of the action. The CIA, at least, will have...
...soaked in the mentality that the U.S. is responsible for everything good that ever happened to South Korea. Such sentiment would be unwelcome in South Korea, where the unspoken sentiment is that South Koreans achieved democracy not because of, but in spite of the U.S., in the past an eager supporter of the military dictatorships and possibly a silent accomplice in the Kwangju massacre of May 1980 that put down a swelling pro-democracy movement...
Fuller has become rich by putting fame-hungry performers in front of audiences eager to see them squirm. His web of privately held entertainment companies, known as the 19 Group, is estimated by industry analysts to be worth more than $300 million. But with reality TV looking ripe to go the way of prime-time soap operas and other fads, the genre must evolve to survive. And Fuller knows it. "In England the bubble's already about to burst," he says, even as he oversees Pop Idol's second British series, a global rollout in China, Norway and other countries...
...Time: How skillful a horseman were you when you decided to make this journey? Stewart: I'd ridden once before on a ranch trip in Wyoming. As it went on, I became a lot more accomplished and wanted more-and-more-eager horses. I actually rode up at each new camp in a grand style?galloped up and leapt off my horse?to let them know that I could handle their horses...