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...This will come as a big shock to the Bush camp. The transition team had prided itself on Prussian-style efficiency, and they thought they had an airtight process. Bush did not want to repeat the mistakes of Bill Clinton, whose process was haphazard and full of leaks, and where skeletons in the closet came out to topple nominees. So Bush picked what he thought were solid Republicans, like Powell, Rumsfeld and O'Neill, - and he even includes Ashcroft in this category - who'd been through vetting processes before and could withstand the grind, and there wouldn...
Until recently, the U.S. could act as the economic engine for the world, intervening to minimize the damage in the Asian financial crises of 1997 and the Russian debt shock of 1998. But as faster communication brings the world closer together, "it raises the risk of a globalized synchronized recession," says Morgan Stanley Dean Whitter chief global economist Stephen Roach. "We're already seeing that unfold as we speak...
...sell-out crowd when he spoke at a G.O.P. fund-raising dinner. But last week a circuit-court judge in Waukesha, Wis., refused to dismiss or delay Chmura's Jan. 23 trial for sexual assault and enticement of a minor. Packer fans have never quite got over the shock of seeing the local hero, the go-to guy in the green-and-gold uniform, clad in handcuffs and an orange penal-system jumpsuit as he was led into a courtroom to hear charges. Once one of the celebrated "Three Amigos" of the Packers, along with quarterback Brett Favre and center...
...complaint, the 5-ft. 7-in., 120-lb. girl said she did not resist the assault because she was "in a state of shock" that it was occurring and felt overwhelmed. Chmura stands 6 ft. 5 in. and weighs more than 200 lbs. At the party, after drinking repeated glasses of Mountain Dew and vodka allegedly refilled by Robert Gessert--she could not recall how many--the girl realized she was very drunk. All the while, she said, Chmura was downing straight whisky. At about 4:30 a.m., Gessert announced that it was "hot-tub time." When several...
...Appearing before the press Friday afternoon, Daschle called the plan "if not miraculous, then at the very least historic." Lott was less enthusiastic, but agreed the deal "is a reasonable one, with a serious dose of reality." That may be reference to the shell shock Senate observers reportedly saw on Republicans' faces earlier this week when the words "majority leader" publicly preceded Daschle's name for the first time...