Word: leading
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Asgharzadeh said the plan was to hold the embassy for three days. "I didn't think that it would lead to the deep-rooted conflict with America that still exists," he says. But the students were carried away by public opinion when thousands thronged to what was denounced as the "Nest of Spies." "Things got complicated," he says. "We couldn't make decisions on our own anymore." One problem, he says, was keeping discipline in the ranks. The planners insist that the students were under orders not to harm the hostages, and were dressed down when they did. Asgharzadeh says...
Citi is now implementing what is probably one of the most aggressive anti-money-laundering programs in the U.S. banking industry. But its past missteps could lead to a tightening of money-laundering statutes on Capitol Hill. The company is taking no chances and has hired Boyden Gray, White House counsel in the Bush Administration, to keep legislators from getting too busy. Gray sent a letter to the Senate subcommittee arguing that it lacked jurisdiction to investigate. A second letter pleaded that Reed should not have to testify. Both requests were quickly denied...
...stark resemblances between Webster and my high school lead me to conclude that we are fine, thank you very much." CLINT MARTIN, age 18 Magnolia...
...hoping to mend fences is to bring back pollster CELINDA LAKE. A specialist on the women's vote and a favorite of many Democratic activists, Lake was hired with great fanfare months ago, then promptly sidelined. She is expected to be taking a larger role, working in tandem with lead pollster HARRISON HICKMAN. Gore also plans to meet with two dozen or so influential Democratic women to talk strategy and policy...
David Pecker, the former chief of Hachette Filipacchi (Elle, George) who became president and CEO of American Media in May, vows that the Globe acquisition will actually lead to a greater diversity among the big three tabloids. After he and his partners, including ex-Deputy Treasury Secretary Roger Altman, bought American Media for $850 million, Pecker cast a cold eye on his new possessions, which had been losing circulation for five years. (The Enquirer, the Star and their wacky sibling, Weekly World News, sell a combined 4.4 million copies weekly, down 35% since 1994.) One reason, he contends, is that...