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...their demands to be met, after which they'll begin executing their captives. They have described themselves as "smertniki" - those condemned to death, or kamikaze - and have killed at least one hostage who had tried to flee. Although Russian special forces have surrounded the building, they insist they wont storm it unless the Chechens start executing hostages. Negotiations aimed at a peaceful resolution continue...
...self-serving reason of being at the table where the spoils of victory would be distributed. To have a hand in the postwar reorganization of Iraq also explains Britain's judiciously rationed support for an attack. Tony Blair is not George W.'s "poodle," as his domestic critics are wont to ridicule him; he is a hard-nosed realist who is already thinking about an Iraq minus Saddam...
...search for Stone’s replacement is expected to begin soon, according to a University press release. As it is wont to do, the Corporation is keeping quiet about the search process. Harper declined to comment on the search...
...WASPish prep school grad Tabitha G. Filney 02 will be spending the weekend at the Connecticut estate of Andover classmate Q. Danforth J. Harriman IV (Yale 02). Im a trifle worried that the mansion wont be ready yet, because the rest of the help are still tending to our cottage, our penthouse, our villa, our chateau and our chalet, Harriman said. Only our manservant Geoffrey has arrived. I am still awaiting my chauffer and my cook, as well as my gardener, butler, governess, wet nurse and masseuse. Apologies, but I dont remember their names. I get their attention with this...
Still, even in the middle of the current economic doldrums, many Americans are trying, as they are wont to do, to look at the bright side. "I was chairman for two days, and then I had jets with my engines hit a building I insured, which was covered by a network I owned, and we are still growing 2001 earnings by 11%," General Electric's new chairman, Jeffrey Immelt, told an analyst meeting in New York City on Friday, after he slightly pared the company's growth outlook. "I think we're in pretty good shape. We're looking...