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...insists Phil Waugh, executive vice president for worldwide development. Waugh says the company is already eyeing other European sites, but the first two beachheads were obvious ones. Britain is always high on location lists when American retailers venture into Europe, mainly because of supposed cultural similarities and a somewhat common language. And Spain is known for having a particular taste for doughnuts - of Dunkin' Donuts' 59 European outlets, 23 are there...
...willing to yield somewhat to his readers’ tastes. He buys many Greek and Latin classics, which he says have done surprisingly well in sales so far in the Square...
...this market shouldn't be around 7500." According to an eyewitness, Bush made a face, turned and walked away, as if the subject bored or annoyed him. Last week Bush was back on memory lane. "When I used to watch the stocks ... in Midland, Texas," he said, "[I was] somewhat skeptical about what was taking place on the floors of these exchanges. They'll buy you or sell you, depending upon if it's in their interest...
...President Cheney courted Arab support last April, he found U.S. allies in the region uniformly warning that they could not be seen backing Washington in the face of the anti-American anger among their own people fueled by Israeli-Palestinian violence. The political climate in Arab capitals has cooled somewhat over the summer, even though Washington has continued beating loudly on the anti-Saddam war drum. But a new upsurge of Israeli-Palestinian violence could once again prove to be an obstacle to the Bush administration's regional ambitions. Saddam Hussein - who has recently embarked on a diplomatic offensive...
...cranium was somewhat squashed, and blowing sand had eroded some of its detail, but it was nearly complete. And in a game where an entire jawbone is regarded as a rare treasure, the fossil was almost a miracle. Over the next seven months, the team found pieces of what it believes are at least five individuals of the same species, including two lower-jaw fragments and three isolated teeth. Without a telltale foot, leg or other skeletal feature, the team could not be positive that the animal walked upright, but its skull is similar in important ways to those...