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...would have thought that real politics would suddenly emerge in this country?" The Duma has not been known as a body in which real politics take place. Up to now it's been a docile extension of presidential power. A hostile Duma - with the power to block legislation and launch an impeachment motion - could pose serious problems for Putin, should he win a second term. "If we have a capable Duma, the President and parliament will be able to accomplish a lot together," Putin told his television audience last week when asked why he had yet to declare his candidacy...
...around 5:30 PM at Baghdad Airport. Defying the insurgents who launch regular missile attacks on aircraft flying in and out of Baghdad, Air Force One flew in under total cover of darkness, the shades drawn inside and with no headlights on, landing in one of the most dangerous cities on Earth. The plane roared over our heads as we stood waiting for an address in a huge hangar filled with 550 soldiers - a speech we had been told was to be by the U.S. administrator to Iraq, Paul Bremer. Bush's trip had been so tightly guarded a secret...
...years after its celebrated launch, Celeris, the University-run convenience store located in the Quad, may be on the verge of extinction...
...change in alignment worked to perfection, not only providing more formidable challenges to previously uncontested layups, but encouraging the Crusaders to launch several less reliable long-range shots—none of which they converted...
KELLY CONLIN Magazine Maven In October Primedia, publisher of more than 250 specialty magazines like Motor Trend and Soap Opera Digest, named Conlin, 43, its CEO, ending a seven-month search. He had previously headed technology publisher International Data Group, where he helped launch the popular For Dummies book series. Conlin hopes to leverage Primedia's enthusiast titles in a new way, through toys. Gamemaker THQ will release a PC game under Primedia's Hot Rod name, while Radio Shack is selling a Super Street remote-controlled...