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...Many of its key operatives have been arrested. And most importantly, the network lost the Afghan sanctuary where it had been able to train tens of thousands of 'jihadis' over the past decade. Still, the men who planned the September 11 attacks can't have doubted that America would launch a ferocious counterattack...
...biologist and philosopher Lewis Thomas was asked what record of human achievements he would launch into space to be discovered one day by some transgalactic civilization. A continual broadcast of Bach would do, Thomas suggested, though "that would be boasting...
...Fields has few options. The luxury market is getting ever more crowded as automakers, competing for the business of baby boomers entering their peak buying years, launch a slew of new models. Analysts estimate that margins on PAG brands now hover around 1%--compared with almost 9% at BMW--and that narrowing the gap will be a critical factor in how long Fields lasts in this job. At Mazda, he says, "I was very clear about confronting reality, focusing on accountability and execution." It's a game plan he hopes will work as well in London...
Five years ago, Sabeer Bhatia, 33, sold his e-mail company, Hot Mail, to Microsoft for $400 million. Since then the Indian-born bachelor has had trouble keeping up his sizzling reputation. Last year his technology consulting site, Arzoo.com closed just 18 months after its launch. Undaunted, he has unveiled TeliVoice, a service that allows cellular subscribers in India to send cheap voice messages to the U.S. and Canada. If even a fraction of India's 6 million cell-phone users sign on, he will have success. Not bad for a man who once planned to sell sandwiches...
...moment he has won. He shrugs off Washington's reaction to his case - "I?m disappointed in all of them. They all swore an oath to a God-free constitution,"- and fully expects to take his Sisyphian struggle up to the Supreme Court. There, of course, he plans to launch a separate campaign against the ceremonial opening words. "When they say 'God save this court,?" he says, "the first word out of my mouth will be 'objection!?" The half-dozen other suits he has in motion - against the family law, against Franklin Graham?s prayer at President Bush's inaugural...