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...insists it will only speak to Pyongyang about dismantling its nuke program; after that, Bush said, he will think about going ahead with an energy and food initiative. Pyongyang is holding out for more. Despite a stream of assurances from Washington that it has no plans for a military strike on North Korea, Pyongyang insists on a long-term nonagression pact. Diplomats say it is also pushing for diplomatic relations with the U.S. After his meetings in Seoul, Kelly predicted a "very slow process" ahead. "We are going to have to talk and work together and communicate with other people...
Surgeons in West Virginia have gone on strike to protest the exorbitant cost of malpractice insurance. Good for them. Don't talk to me about the ethics of doctors going on strike. So long as they agree to treat emergency cases, they have as much right to strike as anybody else. The premise of a free market is that people can withhold their labor if they find the conditions under which they work intolerable...
...years, such remedies have had a tough time getting through legislatures, which are--surprise!--peopled overwhelmingly by lawyers. That is why you have never heard of a lawyers' strike. Lawyers have assured themselves pretty good working conditions. Some of my friends who graduated with me from medical school in the mid-'70s are working 50 to 60 hours a week, almost as hard as they did as interns, just to make ends meet: to pay their rent and nurses and other office expenses on the highly reduced reimbursements they get from HMOs, Medicare and Medicaid. And then a huge part...
...military buildup is accelerating. Some 60,000 U.S. troops now surround Iraq, and an additional 50,000 or so are on the way. With more than 100,000 troops on standby in Europe and elsewhere, that's enough to launch a war. They'll be ready to strike by the end of January, Pentagon officials...
Morris’ only other catch came on Dorsey’s first completion of the game, an 18-yard strike that gave the East squad its first first-down of the contest...