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...prejudice, Eleanor antagonized many Californians when she called for tolerance and posed for a picture with U.S.-born Japanese Americans; the editorial board of the Los Angeles Times reacted angrily and called for her forcible retirement from public life. The First Lady responded that more than fairness was at stake: "Almost the biggest obligation we have today is to prove that in a time of stress we can still live up to our beliefs." Though the U.S. later let that principle down with the internment camps, it remains a valuable point to remember, particularly if images of Palestinians celebrating...
...current tech recession these two companies have two things in common--a big stake in the PC business and a troubled future. That's why HP CEO Carly Fiorina brought them together last week in a stock deal initially valued by the companies at $25 billion. Fiorina, one of the most powerful women in American business, is a steely-nerved visionary who once compared her business to a game of blackjack. She has doubled the stakes on a so-so hand. If she wins, she wins...
There's a lot at stake. Wine sales should top $17 billion retail this year, and imports--whose market share dropped from 23% in 1997 to 19.5% in 1999--are rising again. The central coast is a second front against this growing invasion, in part because land prices, although rising quickly, are still a modest $8,000 to $12,000 per raw acre, compared with Napa where what little land is left sells for anywhere from $100,000 to $200,000 an acre. Lower costs will take some pressure off profits, as abundant supplies put downward pressure on the prices...
There are issues in the U.S. too. In Nevada, where Rio holds a 40% stake in a mine operated and 60% owned by Placer Dome, the Environmental Protection Agency is concerned about groundwater contamination from current mines and the potential for future damage to sacred lands of the Western Shoshone. In Salt Lake Valley, Rio Tinto has paid some $300 million in reclamation costs and is not finished. A 72-sq.-mi. plume of toxins, one of the world's largest, has rendered water from an aquifer beneath Salt Lake City undrinkable. Engineers must halt its spread and prevent public...
...widow's pension, says an MoD spokesman, but rather an "ex-gratia payment recognizing that in her case there are exceptional circumstances." Homsi's solicitor, Tom Reah, says that his client is still waiting to hear what the MoD might offer but notes that there are larger issues at stake. "Anna Homsi is concerned about herself, obviously," he says. "But she also wants to make sure that anyone else in her position is looked after properly." ? At this point, there's no guarantee that will happen. But the MoD is reviewing the entire issue of unmarried partners - from benefits...