Word: controlled
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...reason that would have us make a little more money rather than preserve the world from environmental disaster. It's not reason that prevents compromise between political opponents or that fuels religious wars in Ireland or Sudan. It's not reason that denies access to birth control to the world's poorest women on religious grounds or that aggravates the problem of overpopulation with each day that passes...
...Russia?s victory, but that victory remains partial. After all, guerrilla wars aren?t won by capturing territory, and the Chechen forces have retreated mostly intact from the Russian advance. They're already making life difficult for Russian forces by night in many of the areas under Moscow's control, and a protracted guerrilla war against fighters based in the mountains of the south will mean mounting Russian casualties in exchange for few tangible gains. That gives Russia an incentive to try and divide the Chechen resistance with concessions to the moderates, while seeking to isolate and neutralize hard-liners...
...Microsoft of the genetically modified food industry, Monsanto, is under attack yet again - and, as in the case of the Seattle monolith, its opponents are charging monopoly. Tuesday, lawyers for six farmers filed a class action suit against the seed giant, charging Monsanto with conspiring to control the world's vast seed trade. The suit also claims Monsanto and other companies rush their products to market without testing them adequately for safety. While Monsanto's genetic-engineering business has been the target of many attacks over the past several years, particularly in Europe, Tuesday's suit marks a new tack...
Note to Panama: You'll find the keys under the flowerpot to the left of the front door... President Clinton and Madeleine Albright were conspicuous by their absence from Tuesday's formal ceremony transferring control of the Panama Canal from the U.S. to the host country. Clinton and Albright - who had previously indicated she would attend - drew the ire of Panamanian leaders by their absence, leaving leadership of the U.S. delegation to former president Jimmy Carter, who negotiated the handover 22 years...
...power abroad, and conservative Republicans have questioned the wisdom of giving it up. Some Republican legislators - and Pat Buchanan - have even used the fact that Hong Kong-based port company Hutchison Whampoa will manage the facility for Panama to suggest that the strategic waterway may fall under Chinese control in the event of a crisis. Even though that scenario is dismissed as far-fetched by Panamanians and most U.S. analysts, the White House is clearly taking no chances with Al Gore's election year looming. Indeed, Clinton appears to be more willing to sacrifice some Panamanian goodwill by snubbing...