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...lifeline this week by endorsing the president's budget in testimony before Congress. But the Oracle disappointed. Like Grassley, he said eliminating double-taxation on dividends was, in principle, a good idea. But he took issue with White House assurances that the current deficits are "manageable" and will vanish once the economy revives. Privately, Bush aides now concede that the president's budget proposals have hit a wall. "Nothing will move," says one, "until the war is over...
...back on the road." Ratana has noticed a price increase in recent years. "I think some of the drivers have become a bit greedy. They are used to getting big fares from tourists, and you have to remind them you're Thai." She worries that someday tuk tuks may vanish altogether from Bangkok roads: "It's true, a lot more people are taking the Skytrain or taxis. I know a lot of my friends think tuk tuks are too dangerous and smelly, too low class to be seen in. But I'll be out of business if they ever disappear...
...Afghanistan, a nation of skirmishing warlords and guerrilla fighters who strike quickly and then vanish, it's difficult to tell when one conflict ends and another begins. Last week, the biggest U.S. battle in Afghanistan in 10 months provided the latest reminder that the U.S. is still far from achieving a lasting peace in the strife-torn country?and that the Islamic jihadis arrayed against American troops and the government of Hamid Karzai are preparing to rachet up their terrorist...
...such illusion. "We're not going to bust pimps by arresting prostitutes," says Dominique Achispon, assistant general secretary of the National Union of Police Officers. "It's very hard for a prostitute to say who she works for. Most girls who inform on pimps are either found dead or vanish without a trace." Boucher claims the new law will actually make matters worse, as pimps cover their losses by putting more girls to work. The situation is complicated by prostitution's awkward legal status in France. Before World War II, the country had some 1,500 licensed brothels. Since they...
...Omen Pathologists warn that the banana's days are numbered. The fruit lacks the genetic diversity to ward off diseases and could eventually vanish unless biotechnology is used to save...