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...believe the Kurds' oil estimates are unrealistic, but geologist Plintz says his research suggests that unexplored reserves "could be among the biggest in the world." In addition, more than 10 billion bbl. of proven reserves lie underneath the city of Kirkuk, which is situated outside Kurdistan but whose political status is still disputed by Kurds. Though Kirkuk's oil production has plummeted because of repeated insurgent attacks, Kirkuk, like Kurdish fields, would have huge advantages over other Iraqi sites: its output could be piped a short distance to Turkish refineries without passing through any war zones. Whether the gushers come...
...ELIZABETH CORDAY As Nurse Ratched in a West End production of One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest, Alex Kingston gets a pay and status cut but probably a cuter outfit...
...bring her down. It is baffling. My own, and only, explanation is that genuine goodness is threatening to those at the opposite end of the moral spectrum." The earl said there is no need to "canonize" his sister's memory and acknowledged her flawed humanity: "For all the status, the glamour, the applause, Diana remained throughout a very insecure person at heart, almost childlike in her desire to do good for others so she could release herself from deep feelings of unworthiness, of which her eating disorders were merely a symptom." But he also described his sister as "someone with...
...Still, the battering the Windsors took in the 1990s, especially the emotional gusts during the week after Diana's death when the Queen seemed to be a stonyhearted defender of a hollow status quo, has left the family permanently on guard. According to the Ipsos MORI poll, 81% think Britain will have a monarchy in 10 years, but only 32% think it will in 50. Says one of her senior aides: "One can never be complacent...
...February, the English cricket team - virtual demigods in their country after defeating Australia last summer - were attending a reception amid the Rembrandts and Rubenses in the Picture Gallery of Buckingham Palace. Queen Elizabeth had just pinned medals on the athletes' chests signifying their new status as Members of the Order of the British Empire, and was strolling among them, chatting and laughing with their proud families. She was the star of the show, making people grin - indeed, sometimes erupt with laughter - her own face switching between that studied placidity that is her trademark and a really dazzling smile. After...