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...what to do. "They're supposed to have their own tsunami experts," he says, "people who make the decisions based on the information we provide." Australian scientists work with the same protocols. "We knew half an hour after the earthquake happened that there was the potential for damage," says Phil McFadden, chief scientist at Geoscience Australia, a government agency. But when a quake involves other countries, the Australian authorities merely pass the word on to the government aid agency and diplomatic posts. "We can't tell another country what to do," says an Australian official...
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...needs to change the perception that the war on terrorism is a war on Islam. The U.S. needs to be a neutral arbitrator that tolerates, supports and loves Israelis and Palestinians equally and fairly. Only then can the war on terrorism be won. Volak Sao Phnom Penh Phil Knight: Just do It Phil Knight, who is giving up his role as Nike's CEO while retaining the title of chairman [MILESTONES, Nov. 29], was a pioneer in the art of celebrity sports marketing, signing big stars to promote Nike products. He was selected by TIME eight years...
...Michael Jordan is God, then Phil Knight put him in heaven. By paying Jordan and other athletes millions to endorse his shoes, the chairman and CEO of Nike has helped turn them into household names ... [Knight] is the master of the mantra of the age ('Just Do It') and the proprietor of Nike's unmistakable swoosh, the icon that has turned the lowly sneaker into winged sandals ... Knight's stars are frontiersmen, exponents of an in-your-face brand of American optimism. And thus sports, as Knight has asserted, are 'the culture of the U.S.' By exporting the culture...
...keep Treasury Secretary John Snow as the leader of his second-term economic team last week, the White House's list of possible replacements had multiplied. According to a senior Administration official, Bush was considering erstwhile presidential candidate and publisher of Forbes magazine Steve Forbes, and former Texas Senator Phil Gramm. The White House also looked at a couple of Wall Street types...