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...streets and bars, a rough-looking and by all accounts singularly malodorous Englishman would hardly merit a second glance. He spent much of his time sending e-mails to addresses in Pakistan from Internet cafes. Presumably, it was during these months that the plan to bomb Flight 63 took shape...
...crucial perches before he retires at a year-end Party Congress. Having sold himself as a statesman, he risks tarnishing that image if relations with the world's only superpower plummet like a downed spy plane. "If Jiang can show that relations with the U.S. are in good shape, it will enable him to appoint more of his own men to the top positions," says Cheng Li, a political scientist at Hamilton College in New York State...
...spending and scaling back white elephants like the Strategic Storage Program, an estimated $25 billion project designed to supply the Saudi armed forces with jet fuel in case some invader happens to occupy Saudi refineries. Earlier this month, he warned bureaucrats that they faced dismissal if they didn't shape up, a far cry from the glory days when every graduate was assured a government desk and a paycheck, work or no work. The 30,000-strong royal family weren't spared the belt-tightening: no more ignoring telephone and utility bills, he decreed, or treating the national carrier Saudia...
...while IBM is indeed in solid shape, its earnings have grown 20 percent annually since 1994 while its revenues have grown only 5 percent a year over the same time period. Should the stock really be up more than fivefold...
...underestimated us,” Stone said. “They’re very individual. We’re in really good shape, better shape then them and we just took them by surprise...