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...believes is illegal?" asks one Republican.) Bush barely tried to rescue Pickering's nomination at the 11th hour, even though the judge's patron was Lott, the Senate's Republican leader. The day before the Judiciary Committee's vote, Bush phoned Charles Schumer, a liberal Democrat on the panel, to ask if he would change his mind and support Pickering. Schumer announced in early February that he was against the Mississippi judge. Incredulous at Bush's call, Schumer politely declined...
...pipeline. Nuclear-industry officials gave $150,000 while landing support for a waste-burial site--Bush later chose Nevada's Yucca Mountain. Former Representative Bill Paxon and another lawyer whose firm works for Exxon Mobil raised at least $100,000 apiece as the oil giant was persuading the panel to back a review of trade sanctions...
...issue will be decided, under terms of international treaties, by a panel of arbitrators, chosen in this case by the U.S. State Department and Methanex, meeting behind closed doors. A U.S. loss could be challenged in federal court--but only on narrow procedural grounds. Critics fear that a Methanex win would upend the principle that "the polluter pays." Instead, the polluter would be paid. A California senate committee questioned whether hundreds of state and local laws--from fishing-fleet fees to truck-inspection rules to a preference for recycled paper--could be challenged by foreign investors. Says state senator Sheila...
...During the current slump, as competitors like Hitachi and NEC have been backing away from the chip business, Samsung has been diving in, introducing two new lines. The company has leveraged its digital know-how to dominate the manufacturing of computer monitors and state-of-the-art flat-panel displays. This summer Samsung, in conjunction with Texas Instruments, will introduce the world's first 50-in. TV with digital light-processing technology, now used mostly in movie theaters. Analysts who have seen the picture say it is sharper than anything on the market. And Samsung revolutionized the world of microwave...
...During the current slump, as competitors like Hitachi and NEC have been backing away from the chip business, Samsung has been diving in, introducing two new lines. The company has leveraged its digital know-how to dominate the manufacturing of computer monitors and state-of-the-art flat-panel displays. This summer Samsung, in conjunction with Texas Instruments, will introduce the world's first 50-in. TV with digital light-processing technology, now used mostly in movie theaters. Analysts who have seen the picture say it is sharper than anything on the market. And Samsung revolutionized the world of microwave...