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Christian entrepreneurs feel confident that their time has come. "In these days the Lord is trying to wake up people, and I think he's raising more people that are Christians in businesses," says Griffin. "He's given Christians favor because they do listen to him." Philip DeLizio, a real estate broker in Glen Burnie, Md., felt the time was right to join a network of Christian real estate agents: "Ever since 9/11, I think America as a whole has become maybe a little more religious or spiritual. I'm not going to say that was the reason we went...
...share for Unocal?up from their initial $67 offer. Then, on July 19, came word that CNOOC's largest private shareholder, investment firm William Blair & Co. in Chicago, was dumping its entire stake in CNOOC?$141 million?fearful that Fu would overpay for Unocal. "We're not in favor of the bid," said David Merjan, a fund manager at the firm...
...each other in weekly small-group meetings but frequently discuss policy issues in private, often over lunch or dinner. When Rice is on the road, Bush phones her at all hours. On the plane back from a surprise one-day visit to Iraq in May, she returned the favor, reaching Bush in the Oval Office to report on a meeting with Iraq's Shi'ite leaders in which she got them to agree to include more Sunnis in the drafting of a new constitution. "She was charged up," says a senior White House official...
...least three current councilors—Decker, Galluccio, and Kenneth E. Reeves ’72—are in favor of making the mayoral election a direct one, although the City Council voted down such a proposal in May, noting it had no runoff provisions...
...choice of a successor to Justice O'Connor can go a long way toward fostering oneness in this country and bolstering his popularity. Democrats and Republicans alike, except for extremists on both sides, admired her flexibility in the court's contentious decisions. Justice O'Connor eschewed rigidity in favor of nuance in each controversial case, and the U.S. has been the better for it. Gloria Kottick Iowa City, Iowa...