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...floor, Frist will have to rely heavily on his whip, Kentucky Senator Mitch McConnell, who has more legislative experience. But that holds risks for Frist. "McConnell will pursue his own agenda. Mitch is very clever, and he's very smart. And he's not a guy to allow a vacuum of power to exist," says a Republican Senator. McConnell tells TIME, "I have no separate agenda; we're going to work as a team...
...mass destruction are a mere pretext that Bush is using to start an uncalled-for war in the fragile Middle East, which has immense oil reserves [WORLD, Dec. 2]. Saddam is a pain in the neck for the Bush Administration. But after Saddam's exit, who will fill the vacuum and control the subsequent chaos? The Iraqi exile community is a joke. Let Saddam's own people decide his fate. Dictators do not last forever. Instead of wasting billions of dollars to wage a stupid personal war against Iraq, President Bush should use the money to boost the U.S. economy...
WATKINS: It's disheartening to see that the FBI has as many problems as corporate America. In this country, we have a vacuum in leadership. We value the wrong people. Warren Buffett is boring, and he doesn't give too many interviews, but he didn't invest in tech stocks because he didn't understand how they made money. He was right. But we value splashy leaders...
EUROBLUES Cleaning Up Nature abhors a vacuum, and at the moment, markets are not very pleased with the people who make them either. Last week, Stockholm-based Electrolux, the world's largest appliance maker, announced it was eliminating 5,091 jobs worldwide, about 6% of its workforce. Stock markets, which often applaud such "restructuring" moves, instead were sour; one Swedish investment bank even put a rare "sell" recommendation on Electrolux stock. What's ailing the maker of Eurekas and WeedEaters? CEO Hans Straaberg blames heavy competition and certain "under-performing" areas, notably room air conditioners, for which labor and supply...
DIED. ACHILLE CASTIGLIONI, 84, whimsical patriarch of modern Italian design whose playful, highly stylized lamps, vacuum cleaners, ashtrays and other domestic objects helped establish Italy's postwar reputation as a design innovator; in Milan. Castiglioni created some 200 items, including the Arco lamp (shown), an arching alternative to a ceiling light, and the Mezzadro, a tractor seat stool...