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...decision day for Iraq. For the first time in nearly a year, the thorny question of sanctions is set to come up before the U.N. Security Council Monday. But if Iraqi leaders think their oft-quoted vision of "light at the end of the tunnel" is going to be shared by their 15 adjudicators, they have another think coming. "I predict there will be no agreement to anything being done on sanctions," said British ambassador Sir John Weston. The reason: Richard Butler's claim that UNSCOM has made "virtually no progress" in recent weapons inspections. Even the Russians...
...built an elaborate backyard henhouse for a movie he was making, but fellow co-op residents, concerned about the animals, allowed them all to escape. The chickens and VES concentrator may be gone, but the graying wooden structure remains as an amusing testament to a very different and oft-unappreciated type of Harvard life...
...stage to perform a traditional opening chant called Oli Aloha. Her rich, deep voice gave shape to the complex and poetic chant, capturing everyone's attention and setting the tone for the hula dances to follow. It was clear, that this would not be one of those oft encountered theme party caricatures of Hawaiian culture where ti leaf skirts are traded for cellophane ones, where canned pineapple wedges thrown on pizza qualify as a tropical Hawaiian feast. This was pretty close to the real thing. Authenticity of Hawaiian culture is hard to come by, especially on the main-land...
While one waits for the main course, the restaurant provides two oft-over-looked amenities: the "`clean', `clear' filtered water for your drinking pleasure," as the menu says, as well as the filtered air, courtesy of the luxuriant circulation system...
This is not to say that the oft-ridiculousscenes involving Dudden are a total failure. Infact, quite possibly the funniest event in theentire story involves a day trip the doctor takesto a meeting in London designed to introducepsychiatrists to the intricacies of managed healthcare. Two completely inexperienced recent collegegraduates are presiding over the seminar, their"consulting strategies and advice" to the room ofprominent and respected therapists about as usefulas finger-painting is to a high school senior. Theonly person at all interested in these theories isDudden, who can't comprehend why his colleaguesdon't appreciate these business skills that haveclearly...