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...guys down at the bar are all for him, and though his father warns him against getting his hopes u - a man can only endure so much failure, he tells him - he soon enough sees what his son's success could mean to the guys down at the plant (who are, of course, on strike...
...months or years. One of the few Americans who have seen Pripyat is Dr. Robert Gale, a bone-marrow specialist who helped Soviet doctors cope with the Chernobyl disaster, which so far has cost 26 lives. "It's a very dramatic thing to see a partially destroyed nuclear power plant," Gale told reporters after taking a helicopter tour of the scene. "The damage itself doesn't appear to be that great. A short distance away is a city of high rises that today is completely deserted. If you're looking down on it from a helicopter...
Then there was the scene in Buffalo, N.Y., in May when she formally accepted her party's nomination for re-election at the state Democratic convention. Hillary's handlers had the good sense to plant Bill in the audience and not onstage until after she had finished the speech in which she hailed him as "an inspiration and a mentor and a friend and a partner." But for at least 15 minutes after she and every other politician had left, he lingered at the microphones, answering reporters' questions, oblivious to aides trying to scoot...
...birthday. Reithofer obviously has a tough act to follow, since the company expects to top its 2004 record net profit of $2.7 billion. Reithofer has been the keeper of BMW's flexible production system, considered a model for the car industry. The former head of BMW's South Carolina plant, he is more than familiar with the U.S. market, and he has plans to increase share there. The challenge for BMW will be not only to make cars that are fun to drive but also to increase fuel efficiency, one of the automaker's few weak spots...
...know where my building is any more," said Sulieman, a 20 year-old student, pointing to some ruins. And some were raw with anger. "Tell them that we are a thorn in the eye of Israel, an unbroken thorn!" screamed one young man. "We will plant a tree of revenge against America...