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...private. After Tenet left a closed hearing on Capitol Hill in September, the nuclear question arose, and a lower-ranking official admitted to the lawmakers that the agency had doubts about the veracity of the evidence. Also in September, the CIA tried to persuade the British government to drop the allegation completely. To this day, London stands by the claim. In October, Tenet personally intervened with National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice's deputy, Stephen Hadley, to remove a line about the African ore in a speech that Bush was giving in Cincinnati, Ohio. Also that month, CIA officials included...
...there to record it, and a dvd release will follow. In addition to the opportunities for such unusual collaborations, Verbier gives the maestros a chance to recharge their creative batteries in a sylvan setting. "It's a wonderful, tranquil place to make music," gushes Kissin. "For Verbier, I drop everything," agrees violinist Chang. So powerful is the attraction, the performers waive their usual fees - an artist of Chang's wattage can command upward of €20,000 for a single performance - and settle for what amounts to an expenses-paid working holiday. Not even their agents are complaining. Stephen Wright...
...growth for 2003 may amount to little more than 2%. That could pose a problem not just for workers but also for President Bush as he gears up for the 2004 election. If things don't improve, he could be the first President since Herbert Hoover to record a drop in the number of working Americans during his whole term. --By Adam Zagorin
...biotech (see next story), seem reignited. No, we're not reliving the frothy days of 2000, when there were almost 20,000 mergers and acquisitions valued at $1.5 trillion in Europe alone. But the long, steep decline over the past three years may have bottomed. Deal volume continued to drop slightly in the first half of this year, but early July has seen a big bounce. The turnaround has been expected. Interest rates are at historic levels (last week the Bank of England restored the lowest rates since 1955), meaning that companies can finance acquisitions at a relatively low cost...
Indeed, major nonprofits have not reported any decrease in clothing drop-offs. "But we want people to think as much about their clothing donations as their cash donations," says Goodwill's marketing chief, Dave Barringer. Nonprofits have to report where their money goes. Private companies don't. And potential donors who balk at USAgain's for-profit status may be even less pleased to know that the firm is run by Scandinavians associated with a secular cult whose leaders are on trial in Denmark for tax fraud and embezzlement. No USAgain executives have been accused of any wrongdoing, and Wallander...