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Despite all the hype and expectations Ara is facing this season, he remains modest about his personal accomplishments...
...being given such significant stake in the new Iraq. And it's not clear whether France, Germany or Russia would contribute significant forces, either. Indeed, in its operational planning right now, the Pentagon has reduced its goal of some 50,000 new foreign troops in Iraq to a more modest 10,000-15,000. And even then, it's not yet clear from where these troops may come. But the strain on the U.S. budget and military of staying the course in Iraq may nonetheless press the case for compromise...
...record industry should get on the online bandwagon and, for a modest amount, allow fans to download individual songs. I believe that most people who are currently trading files would be willing to pay if the songs were reasonable. The only thing the industry can do to otherwise to curb the illegal trade is to bring lawsuits, as it has done. Marvin Coston Bakersfield, Calif...
...view the 36-year-old Khalifa as a national dream come true. His biography holds that in 1991 - using around €1,500 in capital - Khalifa exploited experimental liberalization of select sectors in Algeria's state-dominated economy to make a fortune selling 15 generic drugs out of a modest, family-owned pharmacy in Algiers. The experience taught Khalifa how lucrative supplying inexpensive goods and services to an unsatisfied market could be. In 1998, using €6 million in capital from his pharmacy business, he began constructing his Khalifa Group empire that within three years boasted €1.7 billion...
Despite all the accolades, Ford earned a reputation among his students as a private and modest teacher with a lean, yet erudite lecture style. He was known to offer tacit guidance rather than overbearing direction...