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DIED. ALBERT HAKIM, 66, Iranian-born Silicon Valley businessman and financial guru behind the Iran-contra scandal of the 1980s; of a heart attack; in Inchon, South Korea. Hakim masterminded the web of bank accounts used to funnel U.S. weapons and funds to Iran and Nicaraguan rebels. As part of a plea bargain, he paid a $5,000 fine and served two years of probation...
...scandal side, Ryan has been accused of selling difficult-to-obtain truckers’ licenses when he was Secretary of State. He has also been accused of using his political connections to funnel money to his family. His campaign manager and top aide has already been indicted in the scandal, and many in Illinois believe that Ryan could wind up sharing a cell with his former political crony...
...getting a sure boon in this war. And yet this presumption is flawed and will do nothing to secure the United States’ energy security in the long-term. Meanwhile, the energy sector is now developing an equivalent to the perverse subsidies in the agricultural sector which funnel tax dollars away from the general public and into the pockets of corporations which need serious restructuring far more than short-term handouts...
...likely to clear customs. They are smaller than oil lamps used for lighting, and an opium lamp never has a mechanical wheel to advance the wick?this was done by hand with a pair of tweezers. It is unusual to find an opium lamp that has its original glass funnel intact. Most have been fitted with replacements made from tea glasses or even liquor bottles. If an opium lamp sports a glass funnel that looks like an upside-down glass with a hole drilled in the bottom, it's probably just that...
...inspiring others - may founder. Republican Sen. Judd Gregg added the controversial language dealing with the preservative thimerosal -- which some parents believe can cause autism - to the smallpox vaccine bill at the behest of Majority Leader Bill Frist; it would kick all lawsuits involving thimerosal out of court and funnel claims through the preexisting, government-funded Vaccine Injury Compensation Fund (VICF). Parents protest, though, that the limit on noneconomic damages awarded from the fund is $250,000 ($350,000 if this bill passes), much less than a seriously disabled child might win in court...