Friday May 16, 2008
McCain predicts victory in Iraq by 2013
- Republican John McCain declared for the first time yesterday that he believes the Iraq war can be won by 2013, although he rejected suggestions that his talk of a timetable put him on the same side as Democrats clamouring for full-scale troop withdrawals. From Print Edition, 16/05/08
Slowdown fears easing? Then where's the growth
Is it time to call off the whinging?The head of the International Monetary Fund has said the worst of the global financial crisis is over, and the European Union is suddenly exhibiting surprising economic strength. From Print Edition, 16/05/08
I couldn't have been at the network parties because they didn't happen. Really
I am not standing near enormous platters of shrimp and sushi under a tent at Lincoln Center. I am not listening to Maroon 5 play while the stars of Gossip Girl glow and mingle. I am not at the television ''upfronts,'' because, as you may have heard, they don't really exist any more. They are over, a relic of the past, like drive-in movies or bolo ties or Cabbage Patch dolls. From Print Edition, 16/05/08
