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...them or cut themselves off from the world's largest capital market. The lobbying will gather steam this week, when business representatives from the 15 E.U. countries meet in Brussels to hammer out a joint stance. One of the biggest questions they face is how much of a public fuss to make. It's a tough call. Markets are already unsettled, and companies don't want to look as if they have something to hide. "Just because many are holding back with public criticism doesn't mean that they agree with the extraterritorial application of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act," says...
Dick Cheney is usually the man the Administration brings out to calm a frenzy. But last week it was the Vice President who was stirring up the fuss, with two bellicose speeches that laid out the case for war against Iraq. What was Cheney up to? With such eminent members of the G.O.P. foreign-policy establishment as former National Security Adviser Brent Scowcroft, former Secretary of State James Baker and Senator Chuck Hagel all advising a go-slow approach on Iraq, the Vice President was worried that the debate was being lost. "We had to restate the case," says...
That's why when Perle invited Laurent Murawiec, a senior Rand Corp. analyst, to give a briefing on the kingdom, it stirred up such a fuss. "I didn't know what he was going to say, but he had done some serious research on Saudi Arabia," Perle told TIME. In fact, Murawiec's work for Rand has not focused on Saudi Arabia...
...choose? Both games feature bruisingly realistic graphics and obsessively detailed playbooks. (Safety Bait? Strong Y Flood? You make the call!) Both have player drafts, combines, trading deadlines and mini-camps for those who love to micromanage their rosters. Above all, both simulate the great game of football without the fuss and bother of physical exercise. Choosing between them is really a generational issue. If you're an old-school, Monday Night Football kind of person, go for the classic stylings of Madden. If you're a newfangled, wisecracking Sunday Night Football fan, opt for the ESPN-themed...
...last week that he "will be patient and deliberate and ... consult with our friends and allies" before proceeding against Iraq - and the consensus in Washington is that an invasion is not imminent anyway. If an attack is far off and the Americans have promised due consultation, why all the fuss...