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Saddam is another story. A man who likens himself to Nebuchadnezzar and Saladin and who first killed someone as a teenager and has ruthlessly pursued power ever since probably won't simply quit now, say intelligence analysts. The analysts are virtually unanimous in their assessment that Saddam will not go standing up. For one thing, it's his power that has kept him alive. Saddam sleeps in a different bed every night, has body doubles and food tasters, all for good reason. Iraqi diplomats say Saddam is convinced that Bush wants him dead, and so any exile scenario would have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Would Saddam Simply Leave? | 2/10/2003 | See Source »

...climate change starts inflicting losses, insurers will again head for the exits. Just such insurer flight has already caused problems in North Carolina's Outer Banks and in parts of New York's fabled Hamptons, where coastal storms are eating up homes and businesses. When insurance companies quit these high-risk places, the burden shifts to banks. But they don't have the same freedom simply to cancel mortgages and loans. What will happen to the markets if banks start demanding insurance for weather-related events that is either prohibitively expensive or completely unavailable...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Who's Going to Pay For Climate Change? | 2/7/2003 | See Source »

Hall went to her first tournament and didn’t win a single point. She went to her father crying and told him she was going to quit...

Author: By Brenda Lee, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: W. Squash Captain Downs Nation's Best | 2/6/2003 | See Source »

Asked repeatedly about his decision to quit boxing, Leonard explained that he had only launched a professional fight career to raise money for his young family. "I said all along, I was waiting for a message [to retire]," he said. "The eye injury was a message...

Author: By Paul M. Barrett, | Title: Sugar Ray's Lecture Tour: Hard Work, Smooth Style | 2/5/2003 | See Source »

Bush has quietly reinstated a tradition dating back to Woodrow Wilson that his father had halted in 1990. The elder Bush was weary of infighting among various Confederacy groups, so his White House quit participating altogether. The current Bush White House denies any change in policy. But John Edward Hurley, head of the Confederate Memorial Association in Washington, says, "No one saw a wreath from 1990 until George W. Bush got elected," and other participants in the annual event support his account...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Look Away, Dixieland | 1/27/2003 | See Source »

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