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...There was a reason for the silence and dissembling: the never-ending struggle over the Bush Administration's North Korea policy. The State Department, led by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, and Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill, the U.S. point man for North Korea talks, insist the only sensible path is the one they have been on for the past two years: trying, oh-so-patiently, to reach a deal with Kim that will at least eliminate his regime's plutonium program and the weapons it produced. Everything else, they believe, is a sideshow...
...hawks were delighted by the revelations about Syria, hoping that the North will be so angered that Kim will abandon the six-party talks, finally bringing down the curtain on what they believe has been a feckless effort by the State Department. But Administration officials insist they don't expect that to happen. They believe North Korea 3.0 - the "shame on you" policy - may pay off. "I doubt they're walking away," says one diplomat involved in the talks. Yes, they say, North Korea's serial proliferation is a huge problem. That's why getting Pyongyang to stop making plutonium...
...larger jets. Alex Hendriks, Eurocontrol's deputy director of air-traffic management, compares the introduction of microjets to European airspace under these circumstances to dumping hundreds of mopeds into the fast lane of a motorway without sophisticated safety equipment. Microjet operators say they will hire experienced pilots, and insist that the planes' collision-avoidance software is sufficient...
Proponents insist the performance of terror-free funds will not be a problem. New York City comptroller Bill Thompson, who oversees pension funds totaling $110 billion, says there is "strong interest" in establishing a terror-free pension option for the city's municipal workforce. He says according to the portfolio studies, the performance of terror-free funds will be as good as or better than alternatives. "Whenever you remove companies from the mix, there will be an impact," says Stephen Schoenfeld, Northern Trust's chief investment officer. "But when you use a very broad index like the FTSE/CSAG and remove...
...what options remain for concerned consumers? Insist on making phone calls rather than send text messages when possible, and encourage friends to do the same. In addition, customers can call their cell phone operator and demand that they be able to disable or screen text messages. Eventually, operators will be forced to offer cheap text messages to keep their dissatisfied customers...