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...Because it's not Duke now, I'm saying, "Will they actually listen?" explains Krzyzewski in the nasal baritone of high school chemistry teacher. It's a demeanor that deftly shades one of the fiercest competitors in all sports. "If you don't have anxieties, you might as well drop in the old coffin...
...Lebanon war is expected to shake-up the top echelons of the Israeli military, and it may even threaten Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's coalition government. Israelis overwhelmingly supported Olmert's initial decision to strike hard against Hizballah. But the latest opinion polls by Yediot Ahronot newspaper show a drop in the public's confidence with Olmert, his war cabinet and with the generals...
...favorite of former Prime Minister Ariel Sharon - to the extent that some insiders say Sharon was grooming Halutz, not Olmert, to replace him some day as prime minister - Halutz, 58, at first impressed Israelis with his Top Gun swagger and aviator glasses. Once asked how it felt to drop a bomb on people, he replied: " I feel a light bump to the plane as a result of the bomb's release. A second later and it's gone, and that's all. That is what I feel...
...just a drop in the bucket," says John Keeley, director of communications for the Center for Immigration Studies, a group that favors immigration controls. Keeley says that even with the new practices, the current enforcement is so small and selective that it amounts to a lottery for those employers who get caught. "The ones who do get selected, they're the ultimate losers because the overwhelming number of American businesses that have been doing this for many years get a free pass...
...tickets to petroleum products like plastics. Ten years ago, the markets would have hardly batted an eyelash at the loss of Prudhoe Bay, which accounts for less than 2% of daily U.S. oil consumption. But with production and refining not nearly keeping up with worldwide demand, these days every drop of oil is instantly snapped up, leaving little cushion. "It used to be when something went wrong, prices would move by pennies, nickels and dimes," says Larry Goldstein, president of the Petroleum Industry Research Foundation in New York. "Today, when something goes wrong, the price moves by dollars...