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...said the goal is to "raise awareness about the election, the candidates and the issues at stake...
This time neither candidate can afford to take anything--not even the thermostat--for granted. When the two men lean into that awkward handshake next Tuesday in Boston, they will be looking at one of their last chances to define for undecided Americans what is at stake in November. The race is dead even, and more voters will be taking a common impression from the three debates than at any other time during the election...
...case. Redmond's lawyers will be taking a basket of procedural complaints and charges of government sloppiness to a court much more suited to hearing them than the Supremes would be, and Justice will likely find itself forced to defend its tactics as well as the issues at stake. For Bill Gates, that's well worth another year in purgatory...
...check in the system is judges, who have the power to reject the prosecutorial claims but tend not to use it. David Cole, law professor at Georgetown University, explains, "When the government claims the fate of the U.S. is at stake, judges tend to believe that. How is a judge supposed to assess on his own whether a national-security threat exists...
...outlets around the world, Tricon dwarfs Heinecke's Minor Group. Heinecke has never been afraid, however, to rumble with heavyweights. In 1998 he rallied Thai shareholders in the Regent Bangkok hotel to resist a takeover attempt by U.S. investment bank Goldman Sachs. Goldman was only able to increase its stake from 34% to 40%, while the remainder stayed with Heinecke and his Thai allies. He believes he will eventually gain majority control...