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President Bush warned on Tuesday that "time is running out" for Saddam Hussein to disarm and avoid a U.S. invasion. But while the clock is ticking, there are signs that the alarm may have been reset. Where once the assumption had been that the January 27 Security Council report by UN weapons inspectors would mark a moment of decision, the Bush Administration now appears to have concurred with its allies and with the inspectors that it would not be treated as a deadline. U.S. and British officials have since the weekend stressed that the inspectors would be given time...
...Storm Stories' emotional tone--the stories include heart-tugging music and the occasional re-enactment--is a departure for a network best known for its buttoned-down restraint. Unlike many TV weathertainers, the Weather Channel's meteorologists--the men in car-salesman suits, the women in sensible sweaters--avoid cheerleading and hype; they don't make corny puns or brag about their gastric-bypass surgery. Even the plain logo looks like something from the '50s. So there's something un--Weather Channel--ly about the flashy Storm Stories, whose ads promise "The power! The fury! The drama!" amid lightning...
Plank got the idea for Under Armour after eight of his football teammates at the University of Maryland landed in the hospital with heat exhaustion over a weekend of practice sessions in August 1995. Plank, a senior running back and business major, managed to avoid collapse but was bothered by his soggy cotton undershirt. The thing bunched and chafed under his pads, and when soaked with sweat, it added to the load on his back. "Being short and slow," he says, "I was looking for every ounce I could spare...
...Haass tried to cajole the two sides into talking instead of trading threats. For a start, he said, India should drop its refusal to negotiate with Pakistan until the latter stopped sponsoring Islamic militancy. Already embroiled in the Iraq and Korea crises, America is hoping Pakistan and India can avoid yet another nuclear standoff, at least for this year...
...course, some people are naturally conservative; they avoid taking a position whenever possible. They just don’t want to have to go out on a limb when they don’t know the genus of the tree. For these people, the vague generality must be partially junked and replaced by the artful equivocation, or the art of talking around the point...