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...contract with his Washington Wizards. This is probably the first time in the history of the NBA that the temporary resignation of a part owner and director of basketball operations has caused a run on season tickets. The questions abound: Can he play? Can he play well enough to lift a team that has made the play-offs exactly once in the past 13 years? What effect will 82 games on wooden floors have on his 38-year-old knees? And finally, why? Jordan insists he's doing it for the love of the game. Maybe so: he has promised...
Wondering why everyone you know is saying at some point during the day, “I have to go work out?” Well, puzzle no further. The Malkin Athletic Center (MAC), once the dilapidated home to rusted Nautilus machines, underwent a startling face-lift this summer—and the snazzy renovations have perkily-ponytailed gals and muscle-T clad guys waiting in line...
...industry that always gets a lift from war is the defense sector, and weapons contractors such as Raytheon and Northrop Grumman were among the few bright spots on Wall Street last week, with the sector shooting up a collective 37%. But investors may be assuming a bit too much. While the defense budget is now expected to rise from $316 billion this year to as much as $400 billion next year, the higher figure will still represent less than 4% of GDP--as compared with the 38% the U.S. spent...
...choose the path of least destruction for Pakistan. In Pakistani-U.S.talks, neither side has raised any question of a payoff for Pakistan. "It would seem like we were putting a price on Osama's head," says a Pakistani official. In the short run, though, the U.S. plans to lift economic and military sanctions, and it may lean on the International Monetary Fund to release emergency funds and reschedule loans that Pakistan desperately needs...
...choose the path of least destruction for Pakistan. In Pakistani-U.S.talks, neither side has raised any question of a payoff for Pakistan. "It would seem like we were putting a price on Osama's head," says a Pakistani official. In the short run, though, the U.S. plans to lift economic and military sanctions, and it may lean on the International Monetary Fund to release emergency funds and reschedule loans that Pakistan desperately needs...