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Love him or scorn him: Richard Grasso, chief of the New York Stock Exchange (N.Y.S.E.), is drawing strongly mixed signals of affection and rejection these days. At a civic function in New York City last week, Robert Nardelli, head of Home Depot, told Grasso that he would love to have him on his board--again--if he ever leaves the exchange. While Nardelli was wooing Grasso, seat holders at the exchange were doing their level best to make the N.Y.S.E. boss available, drumming up support for a special meeting that could lead to Grasso's resignation...
...that live throughout [history] and establish identity figures. ? So I felt that I had a chance to depart from the kind of book I was doing [previously], which was essentially social commentary, like "Name of the Game" [in 2001], to do something that was more of a polemic. The function of "Fagin the Jew" was to write a biography of Fagin, which needed to be done. I didn't alter the thrust of Fagin -- he was still a criminal, he still gets hanged at the end -- but the opportunity to show what his life was like gave me a chance...
...believe that association - and therefore, obviously, hold it as a central reason for the U.S. invasion of Iraq - must be worrying. Because as the burden of occupation on ordinary Americans grows heavier, the fact that the postwar reality debunks the myth of a Saddam connection to 9/11 may nonetheless function to diminish enthusiasm for the administration's war effort...
...being perpetrated there is committed by gangs, some motivated by politics, others by criminal instincts; some are supporters of Saddam Hussein, others his most ardent opponents. Imagine if the U.S. and its allies did withdraw: the slaughter that would follow would be devastating. The coalition forces are performing a function vitally needed by the Iraqi people and welcomed by most of them. The troops are acting under incredibly difficult circumstances. They are all that stands between Iraq and total chaos. Tony Solms Tzaneen, South Africa...
...Yesterday’s] was just a great goal and sometimes you’ve just got to hand it to the other team,” Wheaton said. “I think Penn State was more a function of it being our opening day and today we were in position. We did well. The girl just hit one. I don’t think we did anything wrong today or didn’t come out hard. I think it’s just she got one. But yeah, certainly one of the things that we need...