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...reconnaissance, as the Air Force believed all along.) The enabling power of fear was remarkable; even now conservatives note that the flimsy links between Saddam and al-Qaeda “have not been totally disproven”—as though standards of evidence for war were looser, not stricter, than those of the courtroom...
...octopus to do? Don't fear: looser rules passed this month in the U.K. permitting some foreign ownership of media assets might offer Viacom a welcome distraction. Taking Stock - And Selling It Fiat stock tumbled for a day last week after one of its biggest shareholders, Deutsche Bank, declined to put up fresh money for the beleaguered Italian automaker, which is asking shareholders for a capital increase. It was the latest sign of a policy shift by Deutsche CEO Josef Ackermann. For decades, Deutsche amassed a huge portfolio. But now Ackermann, who has been indicted for alleged breach of trust...
...plant extract, to improve cognitive functions and help stay alert for work and study. Those pills merged with "eco-drugs" into the broader category of smart drugs that are making their way into markets across Europe. Dutch wholesaler Ananda Schouten says France has the most restrictive laws, but looser rules in Germany and Britain have spawned dozens of full-fledged smart shops in those countries. Schouten claims to take a missionary view of his business. "I think what I'm doing is ethical," he says. "Laws that prohibit you from being free with your own consciousness are undemocratic." Sitting outside...
...little salon tucked just off the Senate floor looks like a spot designed for polite conversation. But the dialogue was anything but polite when media magnate Rupert Murdoch lunched there in early June with Democratic Senators. The session was supposed to be a private discussion of the effects that looser media-ownership rules would have on consolidation and competition. Instead, the Democrats spent an hour venting about Murdoch's enormously successful Fox News Channel. They complained that the cable network, whose slogan is "fair and balanced," shuts out and even mocks anything but right-wing views. California's Barbara Boxer...
Despite the lanyard requirement—and fears of terrorist attacks reignited two weeks ago after an explosion at Yale Law School, which the FBI is still investigating—security for the occasion seemed slightly looser than last year?...