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...taking it back for $3.87 Chocolate War Truce Activists in Pennsylvania pulled off a surprise coup as the Hershey Trust gave in to local opposition and stopped the sale of the confectioner, despite a bid by Wrigley of $12.5 billion. Discredited Swiss Switzerland's bank secrecy can't hide the problems at Credit Suisse. After shares fell 50% this year, CEO Lukas M?hlemann was forced out, to be succeeded by John Mack and Oswald Gr?bel. Lingering Illness Asbestos suits continue to hit Europe's insurers, as Germany's Allianz paid out $750 million to cover U.S. claims. INDICATORS Notes From...
...second man with a wide face and short beard, identified by bystanders as a Taliban commander called Mullah Sayfullah Akhond (they are not related; akhond is an honorific). They sit cross&-legged on the threadbare carpet as dust floats through the dull afternoon light. "We have to hide ourselves because the government is going from house to house looking for us," says Esmatullah. "If they find us, they send us to Kandahar to be questioned by the government and the Americans." He's wearing brown, he says, because he threw away his black turban and shalwar kameez to deflect suspicion...
...Anti-Semitism Lurks Locally,” Sept. 19). We have not unjustly singled out Israel for criticism. Sharon’s policies deserve every bit of criticism we direct at it. If Summers wants to lend Sharon the support of Harvard, let him do so openly and not hide behind slurs against faculty members exercising their right of political expression. Summers’ ill-considered statements only show again how unsuited he is to lead Harvard. Israel’s security lies in withdrawing from the occupied territories, not in continuing the attempt to occupy them fully. If Summers...
...laser-activated beeper on Hernandez's belt went off, signaling that he had been killed in action; 22 of his 27 fellow platoon members suffered the same fate. All in all, it was a rough day for the Marines. "It was very difficult to find a place to hide," says Hernandez. "If this had been real life, this would have been as far as I'd have gotten...
...during a backward fall and the brain snaps forward. What's more, the vertebrae in Tut's neck were fused--a sign of a musculoskeletal malformation called Klippel-Feil syndrome. People with Klippel-Feil cannot turn their heads without moving the entire torso, an infirmity that's impossible to hide and makes the sufferer highly vulnerable to injury from a fall--or a push. "It was like having a bowling ball on top of a pool cue," says King...