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ARRESTED. ANTON TITOV, 34, finance chief of Vladimir Gusinsky's Media-MOST empire, on suspicion of conspiracy to commit fraud; in Moscow. The arrest is the latest move in a Kremlin crackdown against Media-MOST, in particular its subsidiary ntv--the nation's sole independent TV network. Those actions have been criticized both domestically and overseas as an attack on press freedom. Gusinsky himself is in Spain fighting extradition on embezzlement charges, which he says are politically motivated...
TIME's argument for naming Bush is that this was a historic election, one that will be cited in the century to come, and that whoever was the survivor would be a "symbol of a historic showdown." True, but Bush was not the sole cause of the great drama, simply its beneficiary. He was a part of the action, but so were Vice President Al Gore, Ralph Nader, the designers of the Florida ballot and the Founding Fathers, who created the Electoral College. Bush has not done one thing to effect change on anyone so far. I congratulate...
...Civil rights Once the sole provenance of the NAACP et al., this umbrella term now includes gay and lesbian rights groups - all of whom share a fervent opposition to Ashcroft. The former senator is opposed to affirmative action and earned the deep distrust of black leaders by toppling the federal appointment of Missouri Supreme Court judge Ronnie White (who is black, and who will reportedly testify at Ashcroft's confirmation hearing). Gay rights groups aren't pleased with Ashcroft either: During Senate debate on the Defense of Marriage Act, Ashcroft, who supported the bill, argued that gay behavior...
...victory against St. Lawrence would have given the Crimson sole possesion of first place in the ECAC, since No.1 Dartmouth fell to No. 8 Northeastern on Friday...
...There is a fairly simple equation that governs loyalty in organizations: the more insecure the leader, the greater the emphasisis on loyalty. The sole criterion for being in Saddam Hussein's cabinet is loyalty. The more secure the leader - both politically and psychologically - the more he will prize disagreement. I spent nearly two years working with and for Nelson Mandela, and I can't tell you how many times I saw his colleagues vociferously disagree with him. Why was that? (1) Because he allowed them to; (2) because he knew that was how he would get the best advice...