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...deal with the consequences of massive failure in Iraq," which would carry a heavy price for the United States and its allies. The report estimates that some 450,000 peacekeeping troops would have to be deployed to end an all-out civil war in Iraq and prevent the turmoil from spilling its borders...
...Texas journalism. Eventually, of course, they were both more widely known beyond the Red River, but their journeys to the national stage were very different. While Bush came to embrace his political heritage, Molly veered from her own. Her family was Republican, but she was caught up in the turmoil of the '60s and became an ardent liberal, or "populist" as Texas liberals like to call themselves...
...center of the turmoil was Guinness PLC, brewer of Ireland's national beer and one of Britain's oldest (founded in 1759) and most respected firms. Following an announcement that the department of trade was examining unspecified "circumstances suggesting misconduct" connected with the company, Guinness share prices dropped precipitously. A record 19 million shares changed hands on Monday alone, at one point wiping nearly $500 million off the company's market value. By Friday the stock closed at $4.13 a share, off more than 12% for the week...
...midst of the turmoil, one White House official announced last week that he was making a clean getaway. After more than 2,000 briefings over five years, during which he deftly handled the White House press corps with a Mississippi mixture of down-home humor, cool confrontation and condescending courtliness, Spokesman Larry Speakes said he would be leaving in two months. He is not, however, being driven away by the scandal. For months he has been negotiating for a $250,000-a-year job as head of public relations for Merrill Lynch, the Wall Street investment firm once headed...
...charges against five of the defendants, calling the evidence against them "incredibly weak." The two remaining accused, Raymond Buckey, 28, and his mother, Peggy McMartin Buckey, 60, were to be tried last month. Now their day in court has been postponed and the case against them thrown into turmoil by the only element the tale seemed to lack, a touch of Hollywood...