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...argue that this guy is unfit just because he's said mean things about the U.N.," conceded a top Senate Democrat. "Don't forget, most Americans agree with him." Though troubling to some Republicans, even allegations that Bolton has a tendency to exaggerate intelligence to suit his ideological preconceptions--and intimidate analysts who challenge him--did not seem enough to persuade them to risk the wrath of the Bush White House by opposing...
...could’ve been Dashiki day, but the idea was this is the society we’re living in, this is how business is done here. A tie and a suit are examples of seriousness and respectability; we’re going to put a black face on that,” Ashong says...
Investment bankers are seldom hired for their ability to spike a volleyball, run a marathon or slam-dunk a basketball. But anyone applying for a job at San Francisco's Montgomery Securities might be well advised to show up in a track suit. Reason: Thomas Weisel, the company's senior partner, likes athletes on his team. He firmly believes they have an edge when it comes to crunching numbers and corporate rivals. His 300 employees, many of whom are devoted joggers, also include former top competitors in skiing, tennis, basketball and volleyball. Weisel's draft choices have proved...
Dressed in a black suit and black hat, the solemn figure slowly walked the 100 yards from his car to the gravesite. A somber shadow of his former self, Menachem Begin, 72, was at the Mount of Olives cemetery in Jerusalem to attend a memorial service on the third anniversary of the death of his wife Aliza. The former Israeli Prime Minister had not been seen in public since a similar service last year, and some 200 people, including seven Cabinet ministers from his Likud bloc, gathered to pray and pay their respects. After the 15-minute service, Begin answered...
...files over a high-speed academic network. The lawsuits are filed under the Digital Millennium Copyrights Act and seek $2,000 per file in compensation—though they’re usually settled for $3,000 out of court. Unfortunately, the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) followed suit on Thursday, filing similar lawsuits against students at 12 universities...