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...twins suffered from an error of nature, a mistake in individuation. They were asking for nothing more than the possibility of solitude. To risk everything for this was perfectly rational - indeed, an act of nobility and great courage. Their doctors were assisting heroism, not suicide. They should feel no guilt, only sorrow that victory once again went to nature, in all its cruelty...
...lies in a combination of massive wealth and growing ennui. "I think he is just bored," says one Duma member. "And as he is very rich, perhaps he thinks he is smarter than anyone else." Whatever Khodorkovsky's motivation, the Kremlin moved fast to teach him a lesson. [an error occurred while processing this directive]In entering the political arena, Khodorkovsky broke two unwritten rules in today's Russia: businessmen can make money as long as they stay out of politics, and they are welcome to fund political parties as long as the parties are pro-Kremlin. Now some fear...
...error occurred while processing this directive]International replacements are proving to be something of a problem: Thus far, the U.S. has managed to sign up two contingents, one comprising some 9,200 soldiers led by Poland and composed of smallish detachments from Ukraine, Bulgaria, Hungary, Spain, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovakia, Romania, Mongolia, Fiji, the Dominican Republic and others. Britain will lead a second detachment composed of Western European NATO members such as Italy and the Netherlands. The operative word is small: While Spain is offering 1,300 troops and Italy up to 3,000, Lithuania will send 43, the former Yugoslav...
...innocent never spend a day on death row and the guilty are sent there only after trials free of bias and vengeance. Earle hopes that by raising every conceivable doubt about defendants before he decides to seek the death penalty for them, he can slay the "demon of error" invoked by Governor Ryan and achieve total certainty in the capital system...
...repealed the alternative minimum tax (AMT) for small corporations, but thousands of them, confused by the law, have continued to pay. At the insistence of Senators Christopher Bond of Missouri and Olympia Snowe of Maine, the IRS is alerting businesses by mail. Those who have paid the AMT in error will have to file an amended return, Form 1120X, to get a refund. "These businesses will now have to spend even more money on tax accountants and attorneys instead of on new equipment or job creation," says Jonathan Collegio, spokesman for the Washington-based advocacy group Americans for Tax Reform...