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...hours, Secretary of State Colin Powell appeared to dismiss Blair?s answer, stressing that U.S. forces would answer to U.S. commanders, and that although they would consult with the Iraqi government, any time the two sides were in conflict the U.S. forces would do whatever they deemed necessary to protect themselves. The appearance of discord between London and Washington on this question certainly won?t help them persuade more skeptical members of the Security Council such as France and Russia...
...Chen has had a strained relationship with Washington. Bilateral ties hit a low last year, when Chen stunned the White House by declaring at a presidential campaign rally in Taiwan that he intended to use powers afforded him under a new referendum law to hold a popular vote to "protect our country's sovereignty." Many interpreted that to mean Chen was flirting with the idea of a referendum on independence-an action that China has consistently warned will lead to war. The next day, according to one U.S. source, a furious Colin Powell, U.S. Secretary of State, rang...
...building blocks of bone from bonding together). And that means that doctors don't know for sure whether lowering your homocysteine level can actually reduce your chances of getting a hip fracture. They also don't yet know how much folic acid and vitamin B are needed to protect bone...
...doesn't help. Says Ian Morley, CEO of Dawnay, Day Olympia, a joint-venture asset management concern: "Hedge funds are many things, and hedged isn't usually one of them." Hedge funds originated in 1949, and were for many years the province of the hyperwealthy, who used them to protect assets during market slumps. Some of that high-net-worth legacy still remains - in the U.S., investors wanting to invest directly in a single hedge fund must have $1 million worth of assets, and $200,000 in annual income. They were designed to hedge against market movements, and thus while...
...didn’t realize, when he calmly listed his weapons of choice, that he was crossing a line at the time. That those same weapons are being used to protect his millions and material possessions, his chance to play basketball, his life as he knows it. That those weapons’ very existence is one reason why such protection is necessary in the first place...