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...statement mentions "the further pain felt by so many as a result of the recent acquittal of the officers on all counts," but goes no further in its characterization of the legal process...
Chechnya had come to symbolize all that troubled the nation--all the failures and humiliations, real and imagined, of the past decade. "A leader must feel the pain of the country," says Sergei Stepashin, the Prime Minister dismissed in Putin's favor when he looked too soft to satisfy Yeltsin's demands. "Putin knew we had no alternative. Otherwise we'd have lost all authority in the country." Suddenly the gray-suited bureaucrat wore tough-guy garb, displaying the iron hand that Russians craved. When Putin coarsely proclaimed that his army would "wipe the terrorists out wherever we find them...
MicroStrategy's pain extended beyond its stock-market valuation. The firm canceled a planned $1 billion new-stock offering. That will at least temporarily restrict the company's access to capital, not to mention Saylor's. He had planned to sell shares worth hundreds of millions as part of the offering. Although the stock recovered more than a third of its losses as of last Friday's close, he's now down to his last $5 billion...
...look at whether glucosamine and chondroitin--two wildly popular arthritis treatments first used for gimpy dogs and horses--really work on humans. Analysis of eight trials involving 1,500 people confirmed that a daily dose of 1,500 mg of glucosamine or 1,200 mg of chondroitin relieves arthritis pain more effectively than a placebo, with chondroitin edging glucosamine by a nose. Don't get too frisky, though; longer and larger studies are still needed...
...days with him late last week - the first installment of her interview was broadcast Monday - may be a sign of desperation. The Miami relatives had long resisted the temptation, knowing full well how badly Middle America might judge their forcing a bereaved and confused child to share his pain on TV. But with the legal tide running against them, the boy's great-uncle Lazaro Gonzalez and his backers in the Cuban exile community may be gambling on more desperate measures to stop the U.S. government from implementing its decision to return the boy to his father. The segment broadcast...