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...knew, this was the precursor to an indictment,” Koller said...
...Zermatt action was an apt precursor to Manser's last stunt, a 1999 flight above the Sarawak capital of Kuching in a motorized hang glider. It was another desperate move by a man who was increasingly becoming irrelevant. His numerous letters to the Sarawak Chief Minister Taib Mahmud pleading reconciliation or offering to fund a mobile dental clinic for the Penan were ignored...
...question. When stocks go south, housing feels it a year or so later. We're there. Stumbling retail sales indicate consumers are losing faith in a rebound and are reining in spending--a possible precursor to slower home sales. Already, the high end has turned sluggish. Where does that leave you? With the stock market in a funk, a home is still a great investment. Mortgage interest is tax deductible. Capital gains are often tax free. With today's easy home-equity lines, investment gains in a house are as liquid as those from a stock or bond...
...seem strange, since his M.O. has been to set trends, not follow them. "Perry was into piercings, dreadlocks and scarification rituals before anybody else in rock," says Jane Bainter, a former housemate whose heroin habit cued the name of Farrell's early band. "Jane's Addiction was a precursor of sorts; they tapped into an undercurrent of neoprimitive feelings among youth...
...prime moment to score political points, especially with the presidential election less than a year-and-a-half away. Former President Kim Young Sam, a longtime and bitter rival of the current President, compared him to Hitler and Stalin and warned that the tax inquiry might be a precursor to a coup d'?tat to keep the President in power. So wild was the general level of anti-Kim rhetoric that lawmaker Lee broke ranks with his own party leaders and urged them to tone down the brimstone. " We shouldn't give the impression we're defending tax evasion...