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The supply of medicine from abroad, bought with money the U.N. allows Iraq to earn from limited exports of oil, has improved substantially over the past year. Electricity now runs 24 hours a day, at least in Baghdad. There is plenty of money too for Saddam's fantastic construction projects...
The medieval Roman Catholic Church sold indulgences to sinners who thought cash could purchase exoneration in heaven. Today it's the church that is handing out money in hopes of buying forgiveness for itself. The surging scandal over sexual abuse by the priesthood is proving as financially damaging to the...
The Crimson performed extremely well at the Buzz Classic last year, surging to a second-place finish in a 25-team field that included nationally-ranked teams. The Crimson shocked No. 23 Wisconsin on its way to the championship game against then-No. 3 California.
Bush, for his part, needs China's support for his war on terrorism. This is no gimme. China is still smarting from damaging incidents involving the U.S. that have fallen with the regularity of hammer blows?the 1999 bombing of the Chinese embassy in Belgrade, American accusations of filched nuclear...
Yet with a surging budget, no hard choices are being made. The defense plan allows for some modest transformation: the Navy will spend $1 billion to convert four Trident submarines that now fire nuclear missiles into Tomahawk cruise-missile launchers. The Army will fork out $707 million to develop lighter...