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...didn't turn out that way, and perhaps it never could. Resolution 1441, like so many other diplomatic texts, turned out to have enough ambiguities in it to mean all things to all men. The French insist that they understood the resolution allowed some time for inspections to work. "Maybe six months, maybe 12, maybe 18," says a top aide to French President Jacques Chirac. By December, Paris was starting to panic. The Americans, says the aide to Chirac, were saying, "We're putting Saddam to a test that he's certain to fail. In a few weeks...
...what of the rest of Bacon's riches, which the British tabloids claim were squandered on a profligate life of drink and young boys? Edwards' London lawyers say his will is to remain a secret indefinitely. His Pattaya friends insist that Edwards protected Bacon's legacy...
...that's not all bad, insist White House officials. Sure, the likelihood of war and the threat of terrorism have squeezed the economy. War jitters contributed to the nine-year low registered last week in the key consumer-confidence index--and to the all-time lows in the polls for Bush's economic performance. But the war may also be the White House's way out of the problem. Bush advisers say the economy will surge after the war, as businesses start investing and consumers start spending. And victory in war can jump-start a President's stalled poll numbers...
...agree to manage your finances if you (and possibly your spouse) are unable. This should not be an informal arrangement; give this person power of attorney so that he or she may legally act on your behalf. Send notarized copies of the document to all your financial institutions and insist on acknowledgment. Jim Moon, who heads the deployment-services program at USAA, the big financial-services provider to military personnel, says he has heard "horror stories" about institutions that would not honor powers of attorney during crises because they were not properly worded. "Also, some powers of attorney are good...
...Malaysian officials insist that Abdul Manaf's case is unique and that the armed forces are free of Islamic radicalism. However, a Royal Malaysian Air Force sergeant was arrested on the island of Labuan off Borneo in January for possible involvement with JI. And last year, police arrested former army captain Yazid Sufaat, a biochemistry graduate from a state university in California. Yazid met in January 2000 with two of the 19 hijackers who carried out the 9/11 attacks. All this suggests that terrorism might be more deeply rooted in Malaysia than previously believed...