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...justify their budget much more than in the past." Neither Glickman nor Representative Robert Torricelli of New Jersey, a senior Democrat on the intelligence panel, knows what to make of Woolsey's new, accommodating tone. "When I said those same things to him a few months ago, he flew into a rage," Torricelli says. Woolsey now seems to accept the fact that to confront America's new adversaries abroad successfully, he needs more allies at home...
...board meetings of QVC and CBS approached, the Robertses summoned Lazard Freres investment bankers Steven Rattner and Felix Rohatyn to Comcast's Philadelphia offices on Friday, July 8. Rattner flew in from Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, and Rohatyn was fetched in a Comcast plane from his summer retreat on Long Island, New York. The talk centered on financing the Comcast bid, with Brian Roberts nonetheless repeatedly asking, "Are we doing this only because we're angry?" After securing a $1 billion line of credit from the Bank of New York last Monday, the Robertses were ready to strike. They began...
Dusty Nash, an angelic-looking blond child of seven, awoke at 5 one recent morning in his Chicago home and proceeded to throw a fit. He wailed. He kicked. Every muscle in his 50-lb. body flew in furious motion. Finally, after about 30 minutes, Dusty pulled himself together sufficiently to head downstairs for breakfast. While his mother bustled about the kitchen, the hyperkinetic child pulled a box of Kix cereal from the cupboard and sat on a chair...
According to military sources, the Haitian leaders have virtually no plan for defending themselves from an invasion. Some soldiers have openly admitted their intention to drop their weapons at the first sign of trouble. Indeed, when an American helicopter recently flew over the town of Jeremie on surveillance, the local army unit thought the invasion had begun and simply ran away. The paramilitary units that aid the army in terrorizing ordinary Haitians have announced that their response to an invasion will be to "evaporate" into the civilian population and begin a guerrilla war. The clandestine campaign, they say, will involve...
Herschbach, who teaches the introductory class Chemistry 10, flew to Chicago June 10 to film his segment of the commercial. The Nobel laureate said his portion of the ad took about 10 minutes to film...