Word: dealing
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...counselor Thomas ("Mack") McLarty, who had the Latin America portfolio, Colombia has been off the White House's radar screen. From February to June of last year, a period during which the Colombian crisis worsened, the top aide for Latin America on the National Security Council was detached to deal with Kosovo. With Republicans threatening last summer to ram through their own billion-dollar aid package, McCaffrey began lobbying the White House for a plan...
...Colombia's previous President, Ernesto Samper, accused of taking $6 million in campaign contributions from narcotraffickers. But current President Andres Pastrana, who was elected in 1998, is considered a hero in Washington. Senior State Department aides began working with him last year to carve out a long-term aid deal and antidrug alliance...
...born 55 years ago as Aurelius Piper--picks at a salad and steak as he explains his crusade to win federal recognition as an Indian tribe for himself and his 324 followers, most from the area around Bridgeport, Conn. "I'm trying," he says, "to get the best possible deal for the tribe to live out its culture and heritage...
...first reaction as parents is to shield them from grief. This is natural: we're only trying to fulfill the promises we whispered to them when they were born. But "protecting" a child from the death of a loved one doesn't work. Children who don't deal openly with grief can develop lasting emotional and developmental problems. Instead of trying to prevent sadness, we have to help our children experience...
...write your Oscar-acceptance speech just yet. The iMovie software is designed to let you dabble in an amateurish fashion. It's fine if you want to make Budweiser commercials; less so if you want to make Battleship Potemkin. Try to deal with more than 20 min. of clips in a file, and iMovie chokes. At least that was my experience during the making of Carnival...