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...disappointments, new adventures, new cities, new lifestyles and new challenges. And brand-spanking-new jobs. But don't call it a boom--yet. Call it a job thaw. Even as the first blasts of winter are whipping across much of the U.S., the economy's red-hot third-quarter performance seems to be loosening jobs from the cold clutches of corporate managers...
...suits in handcuffs that began with Enron two years ago and has led to monster fines, complex trials and a video of at least one multimillion-dollar toga party. It was bad enough when mutual-fund returns were pummeled by a two-year-long bear market that started to thaw only this spring. Then, in September, a few funds came under fire from New York State attorney general Eliot Spitzer for allowing big, sophisticated investors to game the system. The abuses are turning out to be so prevalent that regulatory officials predict a big shake-out. "There are going...
...terrorist group by the Clinton Administration--to be fully disarmed, as President Bush has ordered. Citing Iran's claims of cooperation in fighting al-Qaeda, a senior Iranian official notes, "There is no need for an unending crisis in U.S.-Iranian relations." But Administration hard-liners oppose any thaw, insisting the only sound policy toward Iran is one pressing for "regime change." --By Adam Zagorin and Scott MacLeod
...suspects if the U.S. cracks down on the People's Mujahedin (M.E.K.), a group of Iranian exiles in Iraq who want to overthrow Iran's mullocracy. A senior Iranian official notes, "There is no need for an unending crisis in U.S.-Iranian relations." But Administration hard-liners oppose any thaw, insisting the only sound policy toward Iran is one pressing for "regime change...
...team trained with incredible passion over the winter, striving to emerge as prime contenders after the spring thaw...