Winners & Losers

Posted By Blake Hounshell Friday, March 16, 2007 - 6:22 PM Share

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Winners

David Petraeus: Eats sweets in war-torn Ramadi; the press swoons.

AIPAC: Leads the fight to kill a Congressional bill constraining the U.S. president from taking military action on Iran.

Rudy Giuliani: News that the Republican presidential candidate's law firm lobbied for Hugo Chávez's oil company hits in February 2007, not February 2008.

Polish thongmakers: Go from cottage industry to global business.

Tony Blair: Gets his nukes over the objections of Annie Lennox.

Losers

Alberto Gonzales: For obvious reasons.

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Pervez Musharraf: Pakistan's president/dictator is wobbling, but will he fall down? (probably not)

Bangalore's strays: The southern Indian city captured 2,000 canines and killed 200 in the past week after two children were recently killed by stray dogs.

U.S. productivity: Down the tubes as March Madness begins.

Dinesh D'Souza: If the National Review doesn't like his book, who will?

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