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...force, we find Abbas’ approach promising. Through a negotiated cease-fire with Palestinian militants, Abbas can buy time until prospects of a concrete peace plan with Israel emerge and until the Palestinian Authority attains enough power to confront militants head-on. Such steps are needed to avoid a Palestinian civil war, and Abbas’ approach, while imperfect, deserves a chance...
...settlements, but despite the best hopes of his Labor Party allies in his new government that this would simply be the start of the fulfillment of the Oslo vision, Sharon and those close to him have left no doubt that they see such a move as a tactic to avoid being pressed back onto the roadmap and the completion of Oslo...
...almost never forced to ante up personally to compensate for the losses when a company implodes. But investors suing WorldCom, where the board routinely rubber-stamped decisions by CEO Bernie Ebbers and extended him undisclosed loans worth $400 million, were adamant that the directors feel the pain. To avoid going to trial, the WorldCom 10 agreed to pay a total of $18 million out of pocket, equal to 20% of their net worth, not counting their homes and pensions. Insurers will pay an additional $36 million. Enron directors recently cut a deal that has them digging too. "If directors want...
...took the Mississippi attorney general's office six years to bring charges after reopening the case in 1999, in part because some of the evidence had to be rebuilt, but many feel it was just a matter of time. "There was simply too much pressure" to follow through and avoid the impression that Mississippi was backsliding, says a high-ranking state official. The arrest is part of a broader purge of the South's segregationist skeletons--including Mississippi's 1994 conviction of Byron de la Beckwith in the 1963 murder of black civil rights leader Medgar Evers and Alabama...
...obtain condoms from Planned Parenthood, avoid the low-rated scented Honeydew and Assorted Colors varieties. Instead, choose the Lollipop...