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...Fallujah right now, the criminals are in control. Since April, when U.S. Marines pulled back from a planned assault to seize the city, which lies 35 miles west of Baghdad, Fallujah has fallen under the sway of an assortment of hard-line insurgents--including, the U.S. believes, Abu Mousab al-Zarqawi, al-Qaeda's chief operative in Iraq. The U.S. has tried to find Iraqis willing to root out the militants who are imposing Taliban-style rule in the city, bringing miscreants before a strict Islamic court. The Fallujah Brigade, a group of former Baathist officers whom the Marines armed...
RETIRING. MICHAEL EISNER, 62, CEO of the Walt Disney Co. for 20 years; when his contract expires in September 2006; in Los Angeles. Although he is credited with transforming Disney into a media powerhouse, investors have begun to question his stewardship as the company's stock price has fallen. The board of directors stripped him of his additional title of chairman after an unprecedented vote of no confidence at a March shareholders' meeting...
...drop came on the back of a slide of more than 20% between 2002 and 2003, from 7,242 to 5,731. The main reason: a big drop in speeding. Since the first quarter of 2002, the number of motorists exceeding the limit by at least 10 km/h has fallen by 15%. What convinced a nation known for intemperate driving to slow down? Tougher policing, stiffer fines and a hard-hitting publicity campaign. More than 100 speed radars have been installed around the country since last fall (1,000 are to be in place...
...Labor alternatives have been miserable. According to a Newspoll published last week, 58% of those questioned said Howard was more capable of handling the Australian economy (Latham was preferred by 27%). Since the conservative government was elected in March 1996, the economy has grown by one-third. Unemployment has fallen from 8.5% to 5.7%. Mortgage rates have dropped from 10.5% to 6.5%. Inflation has been sleeping in a hammock, slung at a rate of 2-3%, for a decade. That's the good news...
...foolish claim to be the candidate of "conservative values." It was the pivotal moment of the speech. From there, Bush went on to his favorite topic--his decisiveness in the war against terrorism, the need to stand firm, the need to be plainspoken. For those who hadn't fallen asleep during the domestic policy trudge, this was a very effective speech--and it followed a very effective, if sometimes sleazy convention...