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...eyewitness combat reports and ratings of the latest weapons. (Like publishers sending their books to a magazine for review, gun manufacturers ship their latest products to Soldier of Fortune editors, who test them at a nearby range.) The prose is meat-and-potatoes style, heavy on facts, strategy and rip-roaring action. The September issue includes a feature about British Gurkha troops stationed in Belize, an interview with an Israeli army sniper and a story detailing which stainless-steel handguns fare best in the rust-inducing jungles of El Salvador (answer: the Randall LeMay and the Walther PPK/S...
...prices that would make Jesse James blush." Even at his prices, Kahn claims, Borland makes a pretax profit of 40%. Says he: "The actual material of a program costs less than $5. Most business programs cost between $300 and $500. This is kind of a rip-off. I'm trying to do things differently...
Many will be curious to see how Ferrell fares in high-brow comedy. The frenzied quality of Hobie’s self-repression may lend the film an undercurrent of energy, but there is also that nagging feeling that Ferrell is just itching to rip off his clothes and make a penis joke. With little room for off-the-cuff physical comedy and a wishy-washy part, Ferrell languishes...
Even if Buffett emerges clean, as many believe he will, the concept of a revered, trust-me CEO is RIP. For decades, Wall Street prized corporate leaders who could dip into their financial black box and deliver steady, no-surprise earnings, even if investors had no idea precisely how those magic numbers were reached. That changed after dazzling bookkeeping (later found to be fraud) at Enron and WorldCom led to the destruction of billions of dollars of wealth. In today's regulatory climate, uncanny consistency invites scrutiny...
Next steps Kojo Annan stopped cooperating with the inquiry last October, but Volcker is still probing his dealings. A third report covering that and broader questions of U.N. culpability in Saddam's vast rip-off is due in June. But sources tell TIME that the reports on U.N. mismanagement are already damning enough for longtime U.N. critic Henry Hyde: the Republican Congressman is drafting a bill to make U.S. financial contributions contingent on sweeping U.N. reforms...