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What set off Castro's fury? Those close to his inner circle say he feels insulted by the U.S.--and unusually nervous. In hopes that the U.S. would relax its 41-year-old economic embargo, Castro, 76, had begun to soften his anti-Yanqui vitriol. Last year he even allowed Jimmy Carter to visit and speak out for democratic change. But the Bush Administration has delayed Congress' anti-embargo legislation indefinitely. At the same time, a bona fide dissident movement has been growing on the island. "These [dissidents] are just employees of Bush's efforts to maintain his criminal economic...
...existing orders have been postponed or converted into purchase options. Revenue is down significantly for both companies, and it was an ominous sign when a major competitor, Germany's Fairchild Dornier, filed for bankruptcy in April 2002. Embraer's usually brash CEO, Mauricio Botelho, 59, last month observed in nervous executivespeak, "The aerospace market right now is very sensitive to change...
...have been postponed or converted into purchase options. Revenue is down significantly for both companies, and it was an ominous sign when a major competitor, Germany's Fairchild Dornier, filed for bankruptcy in April 2002. Embraer's usually brash ceo, Maurício Botelho, 59, last month observed in nervous executivespeak, "The aerospace market right now is very sensitive to change." Investors feel the same way. Embraer stock has fallen from the high $30s before the 9/11 attacks to about $14 in recent days. Shares in Bombardier are stuck below $3, down from about $18. The good news for Bombardier...
...other neighbors to understand that the world has changed, that the U.S. troops will be in Baghdad for some time to come, and that Washington will not allow the UN or anybody else to have a say in the oil-rich Arab nation's future. In other words, the nervous neighbors might as well learn to live with the new tenant next door. Thus, also, the advice to Damascus to give up its belligerent posture, and recognize that it is in Syria's interest now to stop aiding and abetting Palestinian groups...
...nervous soldier asked me to go explain the situation to the bespectacled staff sergeant, who had been attempting to calm the situation by telling the demonstrators, who did not speak English, that the U.S. patrol meant no harm. He finally lost his temper when an Iraqi told him gently, "You must...