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...stake yesterday were two key state-wide races—the Democratic nomination for governor and the lieutenant governor on the Republican ticket...
...Students have historically turned out strongly only in presidential races, or when issues like rent control are at stake,” he said. “It’s really hard to get students interested in a local race, and nobody really knows...
...resolution from the Security Council. Instead, by listing the ways in which Saddam has flouted its will, Bush is expected to challenge the U.N. to defend its credibility. "He's going to be very blunt," says an aide. "He's going to say 'Your credibility is at stake. You have to decide whether you're relevant.'" One possible option: Bush may set a deadline for Iraq to comply with existing U.N. resolutions...
MARRIED. SARAH MICHELLE GELLAR, 25, and FREDDIE PRINZE JR., 26; at an undisclosed location in Mexico. Gellar, the stake-wielding star of the TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and Prinze, who co-starred with her in this summer's Scooby-Doo, met in 1997 while filming the teen slasher film I Know What You Did Last Summer...
Michel Bon turned France Telecom (FT) from a national fixed-line phone company into a European powerhouse. But the acquisition binge that brought the company Orange, a 28.5% stake in MobilCom and a disastrously expensive 3G presence also left it with a staggering debt of nearly ?70 billion, and as Bon resigned last week that looked like his lasting legacy. FT now seems to be headed for a ?10-15 billion rights issue to plug next year's funding gap. But that's a flimsy plaster for a company that hemorrhaged ?8.3 billion last year and ?12.2 billion in this...