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...Members of Congress were readily available for comment along the usual lines. There was the always-reliable (and understandable) "why didn't you tell us before?" complaint, voiced with equal brow-furrowing by top Senate Democrat Tom Daschle and top Republican spy-watcher Richard Shelby. There was the hunt for some serious White House negligence, headed up by House Minority Leader Dick "full investigation" Gephardt. And there was a third response, something Fleischer probably wished the White House reporters had been thinking all along: There is nothing scandalous about this...
...Part giddy bird-watcher and part environmentalist railing against big business, Matthiessen can sketch the fleeting sight of a rare blue crane beating its wings against the African sky in a few lithe words, then explain in detail the ecological effect of modern development. (Accompanying Matthiessen's descriptions are Robert Bateman's evocative illustrations, a blend of photographic naturalism and warm impressionism.) Although the writer's encyclopedic knowledge of the natural world occasionally makes the book slow going, he has an eye for essential details that cut through the nomenclature. For example: the crane has had the misfortune to live...
...main hospital in northern Mitrovica, Marijan Ilincic, a 51-year-old bridge watcher and former judo instructor, denies this. He called his group a "civic organization" formed after the war when Yugoslav troops withdrew. "We decided we could either run to Serbia or stay and defend ourselves," he says. "We decided to stay. We know the Albanians. They are prone to terrorism. We have to protect ourselves." Down the corridor, in an office that boasts one of the biggest security details in the city, hospital director Milan Ivanovic, a lung specialist who is also one of the city's most...
...members began calling for Nasser's head, he had few people whose support he could count on. "He was so dictatorial and arrogant, the dealers hated him, the employees didn't have any patience for him and after awhile, even the analysts turned against him," says one longtime Ford watcher...
...Some fodder for the advanced Fed-watcher: Wednesday brings speeches on lending from Fed Governor Edward Gramlich and Dallas Fed President Robert McTeer, and Thursday we get the minutes from that mysterious mixed-messages Fed meeting in June. Will the minutes explain why the Fed talked 50 points but only walked 25? Would it really change anything, at this point, if they did? Probably not - but it?ll be fun to pretend. Also Thursday: The Philly Fed issues its quarterly survey of professional forecasters. Interesting if your belief in collective economic sooth-saying hasn?t been completely shattered...