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...rule with little destruction to the country's infrastructure. Some officers have even grumbled that the war plan places too many transportation and power grids off limits as a sop to postwar needs. But if hostilities drag on, rebuilding Iraq could prove as costly and complicated as the four-year reconstruction of Hitler's Germany...
...name, U.S. Treasury Secretary John Snow sent a chill through currency markets last week, apparently reversing the Bush Administration's "strong dollar policy" when he said he didn't see "anything troubling" in the dollar's plunge of 20% over the past year. The buck promptly hit a four-year low of $1.10 to the euro. And while Snow spent the next day scrambling to "reiterate my support for the strong dollar," it plumbed new lows throughout the week - pushed down by a huge 300,000 increase in U.S. unemployment during February. That's bad news for Europe's exporters...
...succeeds Zhu?who championed his promotion to Premier and to the nine-member politburo Standing Committee?carrying a reputation as a buttoned-down technocrat who lacks not only his mentor's fiery bravado but also his business savvy. Even during his four-year stint as Vice Premier, Wen was rarely called upon to deal with foreigners or promote market economics. Some question whether he has the clear vision and political will to run China's contentious Cabinet while managing a trillion-dollar economy, overseeing the layoffs of millions of angry workers in state companies and forcing another round of market...
...thirds of its almost half a billion hectares of arable land. Lula is careful not to declare a soak-the-rich crusade, and his hesitancy to come out for stiff progressive taxation makes his party's left wing crazy. And it's too soon to tell whether his four-year, $1.5 billion Zero Hunger program will be enough to make good on his promise to the poor. It is his presidency's one indulged, untouchable priority. He has made it a special umbrella ministry, coordinating 60 programs, that is not unlike the new U.S. Homeland Security Department. "This is like...
...five seniors—Jennifer Botterill, Tracy Catlin, Jamie Hagerman, Kalen Ingram, and Pamela Van Reesema—skated together during the final seconds of last night’s game, a four-year journey swelled their hearts and minds...