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...political air, slowed the transition to a free-market economy and paralyzed the machinery of state. It also alienated the electorate. Three times in the past three months, presidential elections - dominated each time by Kostunica - have failed to muster the more than 50% of eligible voters required for a valid ballot. The current office holder, Milan Milutinovic, a relic from Milosevic's era, is expected to be delivered to the war-crimes tribunal in the Hague as soon as his term expires on Jan. 5. So who will get the top job next...
...appropriate, guaranteeing the Bells their costs plus a reasonable rate of return. If the rules are such a great deal for the resellers, "why aren't the Bells competing in each other's territory?" asks AT&T president Betsy Bernard. To be sure, both sides in this argument have valid claims. While it's probably true that the Bells aren't heading for bankruptcy, it's also clear that regulators are assessing the Bells' costs on the assumption of super-efficient communications networks that in most cases don't yet exist...
...didn’t know better.” During his senior year of high school, Kanz reported to the draft office to have a physical and to sign forms. He had already been accepted at Harvard, but the government didn’t buy it as a valid excuse for getting out of service. Kanz says that despite arguments about the constitutionality of this process, the criteria for recruitment varies each year depending upon how many people the military needs, and it was a particularly hard year when he graduated from high school...
...supplying the names, but few have been received so far. "The names just aren't coming in as quickly as we would like," says a State Department official. "And to be honest, we always asked for 10,000 with the hope that 1 out of 8 would be a valid candidate." One problem: checking the records of those nominated. "We have to make sure no one is a terrorist or double agent," says the State Department official. "You don't want to be training anyone who's going to wind up running back to Baghdad giving the full names...
Kiely also said the English department never withdrew the invitation from Paulin, but voted only to reaffirm that the invitation was still valid...