Word: controller
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...tried to found a rudimentary democracy and earned the title of the Liberator, Bolivar dies in defeat. What he wants most is a single South American republic reaching from Caracas to Quito. But the passions of the revolution he led give way to those of separatism that he cannot control. His "golden dream of continental unity" becomes an embarrassing abstraction to his people, who begin following regional leaders instead...
More troubling, trust is scarce. "Everyone has the fear that things will , get worse because a lot of undemocratic decisions are being made," complained a 72-year-old pensioner in Brandenburg, about 37 miles west of Berlin, last week. Many eastern Germans feel they have no control over their future. "The Round Table," said the pensioner, referring to the group of citizen- representatives that briefly shared power with the last Communist government in East Berlin, "was democracy for me." Many easterners are upset too at having to lower their expectations of the changes they thought unification would bring. Said Verena...
...three days. The air offensive would then shift into a phase of low-level bombing (from as little as 200 ft.) in contrast to the high-altitude dogfighting of the first few days. Targets could include some war-related industries in northern Iraq and some command-and-control centers. But the bombing would probably be concentrated on military targets -- tank parks, antiaircraft and artillery concentrations, roads and bridges, fuel and water depots -- in southern Iraq and Kuwait. The aim would be to turn the area between Basra, a major southern command-and-control center, and the Kuwait border into...
Other global entertainment deals are being done almost daily. Last week the Japanese electronics maker Pioneer bought the Japanese rights to all Carolco films, which include the Rambo series and Total Recall. Yet control of the remaining three U.S.-owned studios seems likely to remain in American hands. To reduce its $11 billion debt load, Time Warner is looking abroad for partners to take minority stakes in some of its entertainment subsidiaries. "We agree with Matsushita's concept ((of globalization)), but we disagree % with the execution," says Time Warner chairman Steven Ross. "Parent companies should keep their national identities...
Carrying posters with the slogans "Boycott Oppressors," "Thought Control, Inc.," and "Stop Censorship," the group of about 15 students from various campus conservative organizations protested for an hour before disbanding...