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| Sat, 8 Oct 2005 18:00:00 EST Mortimer B. Zuckerman: One swampy mess |
| Republicans came to power pledging--in their own words--to drain the swamp of special interests in Washington and restore integrity to the White House and the Congress. Instead, President Bush's second term is mired in potential scandal and demonstrable incompetence. The reputation of the president as a strong, effective leader has eroded, leaving him susceptible to the second-term collapse that has been the fate of so many presidents. Indeed, at this point, Bush's second term could hardly look worse. |
| Sat, 8 Oct 2005 18:00:00 EST National velvet obsession: Hef loves it |
| It's enough to make Hugh Hefner fire up the hot tub. This fall, velvet clothing is everywhere. In the old days, the lush, lustrous cloth was mostly confined to evening clothes and the occasional smoking jacket. Now it's showing up in everyday wear for men as well as women, fashioned into everything from jeans to military jackets, sometimes prewashed or distressed for an extra-casual look. |
| Sat, 8 Oct 2005 18:00:00 EST Money Watch |
| Signs bubble up that housing has peaked; ready for a rich fourth-quarter harvest in stocks? The inflation debate; CPI onward and upward |
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| 'Beaten until he was lifeless' |
| One of China's leading democracy activists has been beaten, possibly to death, in front of a Guardian journalist. Lu Banglie was attacked by a mob which had joined forces with police. |
| Quake kills 30,000 in Pakistan |
| Shockwaves reduce cities and villages to rubble across south Asia. |
| Miller's twisted tale |
| US journalist Judith Miller's refusal to name a source put her in jail. Yet the press, reports Julian Borger, is reluctant to hail her a heroine. |
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