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Hussein, hardly the shrewd calculator that critics of the Bush administration’s policies have portrayed, has demonstrated a remarkable willingness to risk both his hold on power and his life on foreign gambits that had little chance of success. As Kenneth Pollack, a former CIA analyst, pointed out in a New York Times op-ed piece, Hussein, believing Iraq could dominate its larger neighbor, started a bloody eight-year war with Iran that decimated his army and almost caused his government to fall. By 1988, the final year of the war against Iran, Iraq was riven with rebellion...
...HSBC decided to expand its investment-banking presence in India, it needed someone to lead the charge. Not surprisingly, it chose Naina Lal Kidwai. The first Indian woman to graduate from Harvard Business School, in 1982, Kidwai, 45, has established herself as one of India's best bankers, a shrewd negotiator with a talent for anticipating new sectors of growth...
...like the greatest of Hollywood stars, hasn't really changed at all. Rather, Hollywood has adapted to him. Sandler, 36, is not the kind of actor who "stretches." Like Humphrey Bogart or Jimmy Stewart, Sandler ultimately plays himself, which is what his fans pay money to see. Sandler's shrewd move is to keep playing Adam Sandler and get a thoughtful movie made around...
...Peterson, and took overall charge of design himself. But to little avail: Prada are lying sixth, making a comeback now very unlikely. Skipper Francesco de Angelis reflected: "Everything will be difficult here. We knew it would be difficult to get points." While Prada suffered, Alinghi Challenge benefited from some shrewd recruiting. Bertarelli's millions allowed the team to poach Coutts, who had skippered the winning New Zealand boat in 1995 and 2000, as well as his tactician, Brad Butterworth. The investment has made Alinghi a favorite to win the elimination rounds and challenge New Zealand for the Auld...
...response from Rome may have left Bishop Gregory in an awkward position, but he chose on Friday to take a positive view. "He's not interpreting this as a set-back," Appleby said of Gregory. "He's shrewd to set the tone that we are moving forward; that this is a step in the right direction toward refining, clarifying and formally implementing the Dallas charter." But it remains to be seen whether that's how Rome understands the next step...