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...great trick, of course, will be to link arms with these countries without creating fresh problems. Last week Senate majority leader Tom Daschle sounded a cautionary note about the ever expanding war: "Before we make commitments in resources, I think we need to have a clearer understanding of what the direction will be." His criticism was swiftly termed "divisive" and "disgusting" by Republican leaders and found little traction even with fellow Democrats. That was one measure of how the urgency of the battle against terror has overwhelmed concern about the risks...
...After a couple of hours, her neighbor said it was safe for her to leave. It was a trick. In the lane, a pack of men attacked her. "I fell on the ground," she says, "and I could see all these people. They were people I knew who lived around our house." Both she and her brother were splashed with gasoline but she managed to scramble up and get away, clutching her brother's hand. Both of their clothes were alight. When she reached a wall and started climbing up, she lost hold of her brother. Once on a roof...
...Wall Street, of course, has developed a well-deserved reputation for rustling up rallies (or tech-stock bubbles) by dint of sheer will and optimism, only to sag mournfully when reality refuses to cooperate. Investors tried this trick before, pushing the Dow above 10,000 in December and January on hopeful corporate and economic news - only to run into Enronitis. Now they're back at it, and even if the next few sessions take some of the steam out - there's always profit-taking and second-guessing, even when herd is celebrating - the cries of "bottom," for the economy...
Portugal's official 2001 budget deficit was 2.2%, enough to stir the ire of the European Commission. Durão Barroso says wryly that this was "only a slight variation of 100%" on the government's 1.1% prediction and that it's probably higher because of trick accounting. He won't say where he would wield the ax but claims he will be tough on the state-funded institutions that grow around Portuguese governments like suckerfish around the mouth of a whale. "There were 130 of these six years ago," he says. "The Guterres government added another 78. Most...
Corriero’s natural hat trick came in the first period, scoring three goals in a row after Crum opened the scoring a minute into the game...