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...case appears to be based largely on evidence gathered by the foreign-intelligence service of a Saudi regime that has scant regard for human rights. The best witnesses against Abu Ali, who vehemently denies all the charges, are other prisoners in Saudi jails or members of the Saudi domestic-security service who conducted the interrogations. But, acknowledges a senior U.S. counterterrorism official, "it's unlikely we'll ever get them here to testify." One key witness is dead: the al-Qaeda operative with whom Abu Ali allegedly discussed assassinating Bush was killed in a shootout with the Saudis in September...
...relations. Although he repeatedly said such areas were "outside my area of expertise," it's disheartening that he should need to say such things at all. Four months ago the major parties fought a big-spending election, with economic management the decisive factor in John Howard's victory and scant debate about reform. From July, Howard's coalition will control the Senate and it's becoming clear that the climate of higher interest rates will be the excuse for major changes to industrial relations. Under the banner of productivity, the most vulnerable in the labor market are about...
Then, in 1997, the FDA--this time under pressure from drug manufacturers and their friends in Congress--loosened the rules on direct-to-consumer advertising of prescription medications. Soon the airwaves were saturated with pharmaceutical messages, complete with big-budget videos and catchy jingles. Side effects received scant play, and most viewers assumed that if the drugs were FDA approved, the risks were probably minimal. Patients bombarded their doctors with requests for the new drugs. Harried physicians often acquiesced so they could address what they thought were more pressing needs. Demand for heavily promoted blockbuster drugs quickly soared...
...first time in recent memory, snowpack in much of the West is running well ahead of average, and that signals relief for the drought-plagued region. Even so, says NOAA drought specialist Douglas LeComte, it's too early to proclaim the long dry spell completely over. Snow is still scant in the northern Rockies and the Pacific Northwest, he notes, adding, "It will take more than one wet winter to refill the reservoirs along the Colorado River." --By J. Madeleine Nash
...this might seem to have little consequence for Harvard students. A November 2003 article in The Crimson reported that a scant 9 percent of Harvard undergraduates receive Pell Grants in the first place. And if any of those students were to lose their federal money under the new calculations, Harvard would continue to grant the student that amount under the College’s commitment to meet 100 percent of a student’s demonstrated financial need...