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...while their ultimate overlords fought a vicious battle to retain control of a closed society. The Bush Administration clearly wants to reinforce the reformist trend, but at the same time remains concerned about the activities of the hard-line elements who are still effectively in charge - particularly their headlong rush to acquire weapons of mass destruction, and the missile technology to deliver those over great distances. Moving in any direct way to retaliate against Iran for Khobar Towers would almost certainly weaken the hand of the reformists, and force them to close ranks with the hard-liners...
...market proposition that day was a piece of software that will be released for the mechanical mutt this August. It's called AIBO Messenger, and it has the capacity to be a killer app - that all-important single piece of software that consumers desire so much they have to rush out and get the machine it's written for, much like Pokemon makes kids buy Game Boys or "The Sopranos" makes you want cable. The software in this case is, basically, e-mail and the web. No surprise about that; both have been killer apps in their...
...stolen Volkswagen truck roared along the chaotic main street of Nablus. As Kamel Salameh wove the VW through the morning rush-hour traffic, he slammed into nine-year-old Islam Atallah. She spun off the hood like a doll, dead. With screaming tires, Salameh turned his truck and sped off. He headed for Balata refugee camp at the edge of Nablus. The patrolmen chasing him were nervous. The camp is a no-go area for Yasser Arafat's police. Salameh swerved into Balata's narrow streets and disappeared. Soon after, the police found the truck abandoned, but Salameh had melted...
...pick apart the Democrats' measure. "It's going to be hit by armor-piercing incendiaries," vows GOP conservative Phil Gramm. White House aides laugh at Gramm's colorful opposition, but conservatives are angry about a series of administration apostasies on education, taxes and defense. There is no great rush to give Dashcle his first victory. But the White House knows that passage may mean fighting through a filibuster threat from members of its own party...
...hardly a surprise that folks would rush to cash in on the first significant education reform in decades. One can only hope that it will be parents and kids who profit the most - as opposed to the many firms now pledging to leave no child behind...