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...other countries with peacekeeping troops in the region, andtrigger a commitment of 25,000 American troopsto helpevacuate the peacekeepersand protect the Muslims from a predicted new Serbian assault. (If European peacekeepers withdraw, however, McCurry said, "it may well be that lifting the arms embargo proves unavoidable as a last resort.") A bipartisan chorus of senators, meanwhile, predicted that the full Senate would nonetheless follow the House lead. Said Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle (D-S.D.): "At least Bosnians ought to have an opportunity to arm themselves, to defend themselves. We may not be left with any other choice...
...compute. We are a captive audience, much like animals in some surrealistic academic zoo. We represent the basic material for the administration's sociological experiment. And, as we all know, pigs must be randomized. I'm tempted to launch into an Orwellian Animal Farm satire, but we needn't resort to violence (Alas, the '60s are over...
...know their power. "It's very common to hear 'Ralph [Lauren] had 25 pages. We had just 15,'" says an employee for a major designer. And the designer or the public relations agent turns up the heat. "First you complain to the editor," explains a publicist. "As a last resort, you go to the publishing side. You say, 'I just want you to know that our client is not getting the coverage he should be getting. We thought you'd want to know this before something happens.'" The publicist adds, "Today you know this call will be heard...
...economy as well. Drug barons have built up a financial empire using the country's booming tourism industry as a kind of giant dry-cleaning service for narcotics profits. Traffickers and the politicians who protect them launder billions of dollars every year by investing vast sums in beach resorts, financial markets, shopping centers and other enterprises, such as Punta Diamante, a resort in the state of Guerrero that many investigators believe is financed with drug money. It is also widely assumed that drug traffickers who fiddled with Mexico's financial markets were responsible for some of the capital flight last...
...course, the only India we are ever shown in the movie is the secluded resort-paradise jungle where Sara cavorts on the head of a sunken idol, under the gaze of her Indian nanny. Sara's memories of India are similarly one-dimensional, painting the rather confusing picture of a land where elephants and tigers lie side by side, inhaling the scents of Indian curries...