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...Exactly. Neither side is really able to finally end the conflict, but both have an interest in stopping more militant elements from taking things into their own hands and allowing the conflict to spin out of control...
...church last April that Bruce was introduced to Gong Zhili, an out-of-work music teacher with a reputation for mental instability who immediately took a liking to the gentle American. But that affection would eventually spin out of control. Just before a Christian youth meeting earlier this month, as worshipers were milling around the church foyer, Gong suddenly walked up to Bruce, muttered a few words, pulled a knife and stabbed him just below the heart. The 37-year-old American was pronounced dead on arrival at the local hospital. Valori showed up minutes later, and as a last...
Clinton's team was a funny bunch of people with their own funny little problems--and we got to know them all. We watched testifying staffers, the Energy Secretary who presided over the loss of our nuclear secrets behind a copy machine, the desperate members of the Clinton spin machine, George Stephanopoulos trying to look old, Lloyd Bentsen trying to look young and a first family that was to "Married with Children" what the Kennedy's were to "Camelot." We haven't had so much fun since before Henry Kissinger left public life. Clinton's team was fun to watch...
...deal, as it's taking shape, is complicated. First, GM would spin off Hughes into a separate company, which would then be merged with News Corp.'s own satellite unit, Sky Global Networks. The resulting company would be majority-owned by new Hughes shareholders (currently, the company is merely a tracking stock) but controlled by News Corp. by virtue of its largest-shareholder 36 percent stake, giving Murdoch control over the day-to-day operations. (There are some other potential machinations, including a $4 billion investment by Microsoft, but with the deal weeks away from even glimpsing the finish line...
...speaking schedule, Sharon raised his bulky frame and addressed his handlers. "I have to thank you all for making me look like such a very nice guy," he said. Then he raised his finger: "But I warn you that with one sentence I can undo it all." The spin doctors laughed in loud, nervous guffaws. They knew it was true...