Word: dealing
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...know, I don't really care about politics right now," Giuliani said last week, and no one could blame him for that. But with its nominating convention just two weeks away, the state G.O.P. cares a great deal about politics. Republican leaders from Pataki on down were publicly supporting Giuliani while privately worrying about who would replace him. Some Republicans dream that Pataki might get into the race--the popular Governor would be the favorite against Hillary--but he has shut down such talk. That makes the odds-on favorite Representative Rick Lazio, the tousle-haired Long Islander who wanted...
...Once the deal was done, the factory rose miraculously from a site in the city's Pudong development district--140 acres of marshy paddy field with no roads, electricity or drainage. The first piles were sunk in January 1997, and to everyone's amazement, not least the GM engineers, the first car rolled off the line on Dec. 17, 1998. "The government helped us enormously with infrastructure," says Chen Hong, president of SGM. In 1998 SGM was designated Shanghai's No. 1 economic project--a privileged, pull-out-all-the-stops status that went to the city's new airport...
...produce have been subtly redesigned for the Chinese market. Since most of the buyers are bureaucrats or managers of state-owned enterprises, all of whom have chauffeurs, the car is built for a backseat passenger. Air-conditioning and radio controls face the backseat. The chassis has been strengthened to deal with China's bad road surfaces. The V6 engine has been reduced from 3.1 liters to 2.98 to get around an unwritten rule in China that only people of ministerial level are allowed to drive 3-liter cars...
After last year's abortive peace deal, Sankoh told his countrymen, "I am genuinely sorry for all the pain and grief that my revolution has caused you." He's apparently changed his mind about the pain...
...after a few turns you'll find a squat, beige building with a sign outside that reads DARKCHILD STUDIOS. The immediate vicinity seems intensely, iconically suburban--there's even a crossing guard out front with a hand-held stop sign--but as it turns out, Pleasantville is a good deal funkier than its name might suggest...