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...mere mortal, albeit still a rich and well-connected one, Bronfman, 48, has to confront his past in the old-fashioned way. Shortly after Vivendi announced plans to shed $7 billion in debt this year by unloading entertainment assets, including its film studios, music group, TV networks and theme parks, Bronfman last week declared his desire to buy them back...
...generation was fairly used to war,” says John H. Zentay ’53, a government concentrator in Lowell House, who was drafted a mere 20 days after graduation. “Our parents had been in the First World War...the beginning of our consciousness was Hitler and Germany...
...initial victims in China's southern province of Guangdong worked in livestock markets and restaurants was also a promising indicator. After the virus's genome was decoded in mid-April, that assumption looked increasingly likely: SARS was fundamentally different from human-cold viruses and therefore couldn't be a mere mutation. Farmers in Guangdong, who often test positive for antibodies against a wide range of flus, had none for SARS?it was a totally new disease in humans...
...official. "The Casablanca attackers were closer to [convicted shoe bomber] Richard Reid." To carry out the Casablanca attacks, Straight Path selected Sidi Moumen residents without police records or previous involvement with radical Islam, according to Moroccan authorities. The operatives were radicalized and trained for their suicide mission in a mere four months. Some had been sent abroad for instruction ahead of the strike - possibly to Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates or the Islamic Republic of Mauritania. Moroccan officials also tell TIME there's evidence some bombers may have visited Afghanistan, to receive guidance from al-Qaeda officials. The result...
...Schröder's own ruling Social Democrats, Sommer warned there was a "danger" that the unions would break with the Chancellor if it wasn't possible to find "clean compromises." But while the players bicker, Germany's projected growth rate for 2003 has been revised down to a mere 0.75%; the number of jobless has swelled to 4.5 million; tax revenues are estimated to be €9 billion less than forecast; and harassed Finance Minister Hans Eichel recently admitted that, for the second year running, Germany would fail to keep its budget deficit below the 3% threshold required...