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...benefits cuts that will be necessary to fix the system, Bush used his prime-time press conference last week to endorse a plan that would ask future middle- and higher-income retirees to accept smaller benefit checks than they're currently slated to receive, while allowing poor recipients to maintain current benefit levels. In a 60-day effort to push his plan (with its controversial provision for personal investment accounts), Bush had failed to convince the public or even his allies in Congress. He hopes that by getting more specific, he will show that his opposition isn't being specific...
...teaming up for a $2 billion LCD venture. Hitachi, Toshiba and Matsushita have similarly joined forces, and even Dell, the American computer maker, is getting into the flat-panel game. For now, however, Sharp is happy to go it alone, hoping that it's strong enough technologically to maintain its leadership position without a partner. It's a gamble, but not an unreasonable one, says Gartner analyst Paul O' Donovan: "Sharp is able to stand alone because it has unique intellectual property. Being that much more advanced, they don't want to share that with anybody else...
Beal said that although he wanted to maintain Eleganza’s traditional “raciness,” the producers kept some of last year’s criticism in mind when planning the event, discussing scenes with the president of ABHW to get more “black female voice...
...LIFTED. STATE OF EMERGENCY, by Nepal's King Gyanendra, three months after he dissolved the government and suspended civil liberties in a move widely condemned by human-rights groups and foreign governments; in Kathmandu. Despite the end of emergency rule, the King will maintain the controversial Royal Commission for Corruption Control, which last week arrested former Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba amid alleged irregularities in multi-million dollar drinking-water contracts awarded during his tenure. Mr. Deuba has denied the charges, calling the Commission "unconstitutional" and "illegal...
...goals"?shorthand often used by the Party to mean antigovernment activity. Meanwhile, the Shanghai Public Security Bureau website posted wanted-style pictures of protesters?including of one woman giggling as she hurled a tomato?requesting citizens with any information on the rioters to "contact the police in order to maintain Shanghai's sustaining stable and harmonious environment...