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Northern Alliance commanders bitterly blame Islamabad--or rather, Washington's determination to keep Musharraf on board--for the fact that they haven't been given the green light. On Saturday U.S. bombs hit targets in Taloqan, far to the north. "The Taliban is kaput," said a soldier up there, with a Soviet-era RPG launcher slung over his soldier. But it's not; the Taliban's front lines outside Kabul still haven't been attacked. In fact, its position there has been reinforced; an extra 500 men and 20 tanks arrived toward the end of last week. The mood among...
...Northern Alliance commanders bitterly blame Islamabad?or rather, Washington's determination to keep Musharraf on board?for the fact that they haven't been given the green light. On Saturday U.S. bombs hit targets in Taloqan, far to the north. "The Taliban is kaput," said a soldier up there, with a Soviet-era RPG launcher slung over his soldier. But it's not; the Taliban's front lines outside Kabul still haven't been attacked. In fact, its position there has been reinforced; an extra 500 men and 20 tanks arrived toward the end of last week. The mood among...
...solid shake-out has occurred in some quarters. With many Internet-service providers kaput, AOL Time Warner (parent company of TIME) is confident enough to have raised prices last week. Lucent is about to be sold, which will relieve some stress in telecom equipment. But consolidation has not gone nearly far enough, and with the stocks well up from their lows, the pace will surely slow. Tech earnings will suffer longer; the stocks will lag. I believe, as I said in mid-April, that we've hit bottom. But gradual recovery is what we need, not another rocket ride...
...again with sporadic power blackouts, further testimony to a botched deregulation effort that failed to encourage adding capacity in that state. Sizzling temperatures last Monday saw rolling blackouts for 103,000 customers. On Tuesday blackouts affected 300,000 more. Movie theaters went dark. Restaurants closed. Traffic lights went kaput. State officials predict 34 more such days before the fall. And in a frightening report, consultants at McKinsey & Co. say there could be a blackout somewhere in California on every single weekday over the summer...
...Navy career is absolutely over, kaput. You just can't rebound from something like this. He'll probably retire effective next month, which is his 20th anniversary in the Navy. And since his pension is dependent on his rank when he leaves, he'll want to hang on to his rank through the next few weeks if at all possible...