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...Have trouble reading small function words, such as that...
...obsession with charismatic CEOs, says of Prince, "He's in CEO purgatory." Weill insists he is moving on. "This was my decision and my timing," he told TIME. "Why in the world would I do it if I wasn't ready to step back from the day-to-day function?" Parsons says there was no board pressure on Weill to step aside...
...Bush Administration, recognizing that Abbas has no independent political base among Palestinians, is sympathetic to the need to build up his standing, and has, at Abbas's behest, urged Israel to cease construction of a security fence that will function as a de facto border penning the Palestinians into about half of the West Bank - a request Israel firmly rebuffed. But pressing the Israelis to release men convicted for killing Israelis won't be easy, with an election season looming. Even if that's what Washington concluded was needed to keep Abbas intact. Because even more importantly, the Bush administration...
...Declared during a speech at a political-party function that estimates suggesting 300,000 civilians were massacred by the Japanese army in the Chinese city of Nanking in 1937 and 1938 were "pure fabrication...
...indeed encourage fully democratic elections in 2007 and 2008. For our part, Hong Kongers must do a better job explaining to a suspicious Beijing that democracy will lead to stability, not instability. Freedom and democracy are also the best hope for revitalizing our sagging economy?for no government can function properly without the mandate of the people. That is precisely the problem that Tung has faced all his six years in office...