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...Friday afternoon, as harsh winds swirl through the Square, three men and one woman sit close together in the shadow of Store 24, talking with Sandy Chang '01, a volunteer for the student group Faith and Service Together (FAST). The three are simply chatting and trying to stay warm...
Just a month or so ago, those of us from inside the Loop were getting misty-eyed, remembering the days when Chris Webber and other up-and-coming players came to Washington to play with Juwan Howard. We watched controversy swirl as despite the team's allegedly growing depth, they sank lower and lower in hoop respectability...
...even as we cover the corporate complexities that swirl around us, let us assure you that we--as individual journalists and critics with pride in what we do--will continue to be loyal to and represent the interests of our most important constituency, our readers...
...bombings, the renewed fighting in Chechnya and Dagestan, the mounting swirl of scandal, are all bringing the crisis to a boil," says Meier. "Something has to give. One of the world?s largest nuclear arsenals is now in the hands of a small coterie of aides terrified of losing their positions, surrounding and protecting a feeble old man whose power is steadily draining." Despite the frenzy of morbid clairvoyance sweeping the political elite, ordinary Russians remain depressed and indifferent. And that?s hardly surprising. A fourth bomb exploded in a St. Petersburg apartment building Thursday night, killing two people...
...list of suspects but a list of ?versions,?" says TIME Moscow correspondent Andrew Meier. In the minds of Muscovites, all of the above may be plausible "versions." "And," says Meier, "in Moscow the perception may be as important as the reality." With the Caucasus far from pacified and the swirl of scandal around the Kremlin increasing the incentive for its current occupants to hang onto the lease as long as possible despite looming elections, that will leave Muscovites bracing for further nasty surprises...