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...than 6,000 civilians would feel no compunction about killing 60,000--or 600,000--if it could deploy the necessary weapons of mass destruction. And so the fear of such an attack--and the government's hasty efforts to contain the threat--became the nation's No. 1 item of business...
...media for the first time since officially announcing his (new) comeback, it was obvious that he was going to be THE story in the NBA for as long as he wants—and that his new Wizards jersey would be the year’s hot-selling item...
...Martin’s cannot require Let’s Go to change its content, but it does have to approve every item in every book. Still, St. Martin’s is bound to publish the guides for a flat inflation-adjusted advance through 2006 by a contract signed last year, effectively insulating Let’s Go from market pressures for the next five years...
...Bush has figured out that smart Presidents shed tears, he is still learning that his options are limited. Bush's "plan" to jump-start the economy is the same plan he's had since the campaign. Its featured item--a $1.35 trillion, 10-year tax cut--has been enacted into law. Most of those $300 and $600 rebate checks have been sent out. Now Bush must hope that taxpayers use that money to spark a rebound or that the Fed's rate cuts ignite a rally on Wall Street. The other elements of Bush's proposed cure--freer trade...
...second item on the agenda was money. There would be no arguments: A truce had been called in the bitter political war over dipping into the hundreds of billions of dollars piling up in the Social Security surplus. They'd dip into the fund. The men huddled in Hastert's office debated how much would be needed. The White House already had told Congress it wanted $20 billion to help rebuild the damaged Pentagon, deal with the New York catastrophe and bolster security. But $20 billion might not be enough, one of the leaders said. "You're probably right," Lott...