Word: sterne
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...yearn to serve our nation. If we are to prevail in this seemingly endless conflict with radical Islam, we need to win the hearts of young people worldwide. This corps could be the answer to our military peacekeeping shortcomings, and it could create priceless political goodwill. BEN HERNANDEZ-STERN Pasadena, Calif...
Adam Silver has helped direct the NBA's explosive growth overseas. NBA commissioner David Stern tapped the litigator and lifelong Knicks fan as a special assistant a decade ago and in 1997 named him president of NBA Entertainment. Stern eventually moved all the league's off-court businesses to Silver's unit, which now controls the league's worldwide marketing, TV and Internet operations. Since Silver became the business czar in 2000, worldwide merchandising sales have grown 67%. "Adam has overcome his status as a lawyer to understand branding," says Stern. "He's the doer...
...seriously. My family are police officers, detectives. My brother Mitch is FBI. Mitch is like that, a stern enforcer...
...March. Final Warning IRAN The U.N.'s nuclear watchdog, the Vienna-based International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), censured Tehran for its clandestine nuclear program. The agency's board stopped short of U.S. demands that it refer the country to the U.N. Security Council. But the IAEA did warn of stern action in the event of "further serious Iranian failures." Tehran claims its program is for civil use. Come Get Him NIGERIA President Olusegun Obasanjo said he would surrender ousted Liberian leader Charles Taylor if the interim government in Monrovia asked him. Obasanjo has refused to hand over Taylor, who fled...
...onetime long shot looked like a front runner before last week, the political pundits were declaring him all but unstoppable after Wednesday's joint endorsement by Stern's union and the 1.4 million-member American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME). As recently as six months ago, the betting was not if but when Dean would flame out. But the former Vermont Governor has roared ahead by defying three early assumptions about the race. When the leading candidates believed it would be political suicide to oppose George Bush on national security, Dean unambiguously inveighed against the Iraq invasion...