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...Chafee Gives the G.O.P. Many Reasons to Smile The Rhode Island senator's key victory may signal that moderates aren't all dead and that incumbents aren't necessarily doomed
...Hizballah currently runs a state within a state. This would be a key step towards Hizballah eventually disarming, and limiting its role to that of a political party. According to one Arab source, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's surprise visit to Beirut Monday was intended to send a signal of strong support to the Lebanese government of Prime Minister Fuad Siniora, who would have to request the deployment of the NATO force - and persuade Hizballah, which is also part of the government, to accept...
...Rice's appearance here in Beirut was aimed as much to send a signal to Israel as one to Lebanon. Although Rice has never wavered from the Administration's position that the U.S. supports Israel's right to defend itself, her rhetoric has taken on a cooler edge as Israel has continued to bombard Lebanon's infrastructure and has blockaded land and sea routes into the country...
Dell is confident that the direct model still affords consumers as much advantage as it does business. But last week's results signal that the days of exceeding growth predictions are probably over. Dell may be forced to grind it out like everyone else. "When you're that big, how do you keep growing like that?" asks Roger Kay, president of research firm Endpoint Technologies. "Dell has to reset Wall Street's expectations, but the computer industry is still seen as young. It's hard for a tech company to face Wall Street and say, 'Look, guys, this...
...imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, and parody the comic's way of showing envy, then Spillane was a signal success. A Life cover line on Spillane read: "13,000,000 Books of Sex and Slaughter." He didn't exactly invent the paperback market, but he certified their status as the main format for popular fiction. "Mickey Spillane's contribution is far beyond mystery or crime writing," crime-book editor Martin Greenberg says in the affectionate and impressive documentary Mike Hammer's Mickey Spillane (available as part of the three-disc set Max Allan Collins' Black Box). "I think...