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Karen Hughes didn't like what she was hearing. Sitting in the Roosevelt Room of the West Wing on the morning of June 21, she listened with pursed lips as Nick Calio, the White House legislative director, insisted that President Bush should threaten to veto the patients' bill of rights--legislation aimed at protecting people from the bureaucratic whims of profit-driven HMOs. The bill is badly flawed, Calio argued, and the V word is the only way to force Congress to make it more to Bush's liking. Hughes jumped into the fray. "Once we say veto," she replied...
Sleater-Kinney also plays any number of light, happy tunes that don't threaten anybody--that's what one is supposed to say after talking about a song like Youth Decay, to take the edge off. But with Sleater-Kinney the edge is never off. It's what the band was created to pursue: "2001 will be a space odyssey for us, and we won't...be here," Brownstein said from the stage at Sleater-Kinney's most recent show, last November in San Francisco. In the midst of their brief hiatus, Brownstein, Tucker and Weiss remain off the radio...
Karen Hughes didn't like what she was hearing. Sitting in the Roosevelt Room of the West Wing on the morning of June 21, she listened with pursed lips as Nick Calio, the White House legislative director, insisted that President Bush should threaten to veto the patients' bill of rights--legislation aimed at protecting people from the bureaucratic whims of profit-driven HMOs. The bill is badly flawed, Calio argued, and the V word is the only way to force Congress to make it more to Bush's liking. Hughes jumped into the fray. "Once we say veto," she replied...
Watchdogs barked instantly. "There are so many ways of indirectly compensating analysts for bringing in deals that this is a toothless gesture," says Arthur Levitt, former chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Indeed, the guidelines won't change much--and thus threaten to dupe the next generation of investors, led to believe that analysts will look out for them...
Airports across the country are poised to follow suit. "Every major airport will pick up on Massport's plan if it succeeds," says Nancy Cassell, a spokeswoman for the Los Angeles Airport Authority. Last year San Francisco International, one of the most delay-prone airports, had to threaten legal action against carriers before they backed down and adjusted their schedules. Delays got so bad at New York City's La Guardia Airport last year that management forced the FAA to step in. Last week the FAA proposed solutions at La Guardia, including charging higher fees for airplanes flying at rush...