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...that everybody's happy - not even close. Most environmental groups would prefer not to drill at all, and Florida Democrat Sen. Bill Nelson, quickly dubbed the plan "the proverbial camel's nose under the tent." (Norton did say the plan would call for a reconsideration of its limits in six years.) And the energy industry and its friends in Congress are just plain appalled at Bush's lack of backbone...
...pushed for a plea, getting support in swaying Attorney General John Ashcroft from such corners as Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and CIA chief George Tenet and would clearly prefer the back-room route from here on out. For one thing, a trial would have forced prosecutors to put on the witness stand the FBI's prize source - a Russian who stole Hanssen's KGB file from Moscow Center, as Russian intelligence headquarters is known, and handed it over to the bureau. For another, the National Security Agency would have had to reveal highly classified details about its communications intercept capabilities...
...whether to cut rates by another half-point (50 basis points) or whether it's time to ease off on the throttle with a quarter-point cut (25 basis points). Wall Street, its ears ringing with the daily dirges of the tech and manufacturing sectors alike, would very much prefer another 50-basis-point lopping, but the betting seems to be settling on a 25-pointer, for several reasons...
...YOUR KICKS Hey, nobody ever lost money selling kids new ways to break their neck--hence the K2 Evolution Four kickboard ($199), this summer's answer to the Razor Scooter. The kickboard is an unholy combination of skateboard and scooter geared toward stunts. Safety-minded kids may prefer simply to play in traffic...
...creating an economic windfall for trial lawyers, who keep 40 percent of awards for themselves. It should come as no surprise that the nation?s trial lawyers are pushing for the Kennedy-Edwards bill regardless of its impact on the cost of health care for working families. We also prefer to keep those cases in federal court, where they are currently heard, as opposed to subjecting plans to 50 widely varying interpretations of law that would further drive up costs to Americans...