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...whose voice you can hear the raspy effects of puberty) receives a "howler" telegram from his mother, which screams almost as loudly as the Mandrakes. He also coughs up a nifty series of giant slugs. Moaning Myrtle haunts the girls' restroom and dives through toilets, making a mess. It all adds up to a two-hour-and-42-minute movie, which is nine minutes longer than Philosopher's Stone. Although Chamber of Secrets' pacing is more lively than the first film's, it still drags at times. Columbus is intent on getting as much of the book on screen...
...same time, however, the world of satellite TV has got itself in a bigger mess than Oscar Madison's bedroom. The only two U.S. providers - DirecTV (owned by Hughes) and DISH Network (owned by Echostar) - want to merge. But the Federal Communications Commission has blocked the marriage on the grounds that it would create a monopoly. It's possible that Hughes and Echostar will resolve that impediment by selling some of their business to a third company, Cablevision, which would then enter the satellite market, but that's far from certain...
...Sabena's final months were an ugly mess. Up in arms over Müller's proposed cutbacks, unions staged work stoppages and at one point blocked a Swissair plane on the runway in Brussels. Swissair abandoned its hunter strategy and kicked out its CEO in early 2001 after reporting a $1.9 billion annual loss. It reneged on agreements to raise its stake in Sabena to 85% and inject more funds. The Belgians sued, and a compromise was finally agreed. Then came the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11. Air traffic worldwide nose-dived. Within a month, Swissair grounded its fleet...
...admitted to making one. The U.S. called on the Kim Jong Il regime "to eliminate its nuclear-weapons program in a verifiable manner," but didn't spell out what would happen if it refused. Bush must be wondering when these rogues are going to learn not to mess with Texas. U.S. Congress Giveth, Chirac Taketh Away Just when George W. Bush thought he had that pesky Iraqi dictator in his sights, along came the French and got in his way. The U.S. President had persuaded Congress to give him a free hand to attack Saddam Hussein practically at will...
...Vatican-appointed commission of "eight older, white, male celibates is going to fix this." He saw the Vatican position as reverting back to the position where "every bishop gets to make up his own mind, handle these situations by himself." Says Clohessy, "That's what got us into this mess to begin with...