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...nuclear weapon is a complex business, but in essence all anyone would need to lay waste to a medium-size city like New Orleans are two things. The first is an understanding of the technology involved, the easy availability of which has been demonstrated by innumerable high school science whiz kids. The second component is actual fissionable material--55 lbs. of enriched uranium, say, which would be enough to turn the heart of New Orleans into radioactive dust. With the increasing use of nuclear technology around the world and the destabilization of Russia, the once stringent global controls on uranium...
...tactic that Democrats long ago raised to an art form, many of the changes were attached as riders to appropriations bills that fund federal activities, rather than stand-alone bills debated openly on the floor of Congress. And many more are tucked away in budget reconciliation bills that will whiz through Congress in the next several weeks. The riders include directives to the Environmental Protection Agency forbidding it to issue standards for measuring arsenic in tap water or to list new hazardous waste sites for cleanup. Hansen has sponsored a rider that sets up a commission to consider closing some...
...investors were stunned last week when Steinhardt, 54, announced that he was winding down the four high-performing hedge funds he has guided almost flawlessly for 28 years. Wall Street struggled to imagine what his definition of retirement might be. Not one to disappoint, the financial whiz explained that although he is an atheist, he hopes to infuse American society with secular Jewish values...
...studio bosses are calculating that it's better to buy a network than compete with one. Add to that the passage of the sweeping telecommunications bill in the House last week--a final version has to be hammered out with the Senate--and bigger looks better than ever. With whiz-bang technologies--interactive video on demand, whoopee!--receding back into the future, the familiar and iconic television networks look almost sexy. "In a cluttered landscape," says Howard Stringer, former president of the CBS Broadcast Group, brand names "are going to be more important than ever before...
...matter what the future contours of the media industry, those who own and produce content will continue to have clout--the animators, the screenwriters, the TV whiz kids. To that end, Jeffrey Montgomery, CEO of Harvey Entertainment, which holds the trademarks for Casper and Richie Rich, lost no time last week in meeting with investment advisers about putting his company on the block. Says he: "The good news is my company's a whole lot more valuable because the major players need content even more." Last week, too, there were rumors that Turner may be trying to regain greater control...