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...emissions, anathema to conservatives. He blocked plans for a megamall on the outskirts of the city, tirelessly campaigns for enlarging the mass-transit network and has put out hundreds of red flags at street crossings for pedestrians to carry, making them easier to spot by drivers. He was outspoken in the fight--which he won--to have beer served at Olympic events...
...Milosevic has dropped hints that he might stage a grand scene by calling a parade of Western leaders to testify, starting with former U.S. President Bill Clinton and British Prime Minister Tony Blair. It will be up to the three judges, who also comprise the jury - Britain's brisk, outspoken May, scholarly Patrick Robinson of Jamaica and South Korea's quiet O-Gon Kwon - to make sure the whole thing doesn't descend into farce...
...emissions, anathema to conservatives. He blocked plans for a megamall on the outskirts of the city, tirelessly campaigns for enlarging the mass-transit network and has put out hundreds of red flags at street crossings for pedestrians to carry, making them easier to spot by drivers. He was outspoken in the fight-which he won-to have beer served at Olympic events...
Already known as outspoken, Watkins didn't want to approach Skilling directly for fear of losing her job, Hilder says. "She thought it would be fruitless while he was there." When Skilling suddenly quit on Aug. 14, Lay called an all-employees meeting two days later and asked for comments from workers beforehand. That's when Watkins finally sat down to write a one-page anonymous letter on her computer at work. She dropped it in the box at headquarters the next...
...been unable to extricate herself and one that is crippling her presidency. She has been "tentative in pursuing reforms," says one of her congressional opponents, Senator Rodolfo Biazon. Arroyo is fearful, he believes, of upsetting her already rankled ex-backers. One of those is Archbishop Jaime Cardinal Sin, the outspoken prelate who has wielded the church's immense moral authority to pummel Presidents into line for almost two decades. Earlier this month, Sin released an ominous statement declaring the state of politics was "far from ideal"; it didn't directly point the finger at MalacaNang, but the seemingly calculated ambiguity...