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...William Perry, who announced the deal, said the cache constituted enough to make about two dozen nuclear warheads. More than 30 U.S. engineers who flew into Kazakhstan undercover -- on a cargo plane carrying humanitarian aid -- worked day and night for six weeks to secure the material in 1,400 steel canisters. A member of the U.S. team, Alex Reidy, an arms control analyst for a branch of Martin Marietta that runs the Energy Department's storage facility at Oak Ridge, Tenn., said the material was quite accessible. "It does not take a great deal of sophistication to work with some...
...streamed out of American laboratories. But the energy and exuberance alone of the Asians make them worth watching. Not tomorrow, perhaps, but a few decades from now, the U.S. may rue the policy drift that is eroding its research infrastructure as slowly and as surely as water rusts the steel girders of a bridge. For if political leaders in such places as Taiwan and Hong Kong are sufficiently patient and nurture the seedling research efforts they have planted, the scientific breakthroughs of the 21st century -- and the market opportunities that follow -- may be born on the Pacific...
...raving is terrifying and funny; he captures all the extremities of Bloody Five's moods, including his bewilderment as his grip on reality slips further and further away. A complement to Bloody Five's hysteria is the cool and calculating Widow saloon, who handles Bloody Five with nerves of steel and a hunger for money. Catherine Steindley's portrayal of Begbick is campy and shrill, but at times she reveals a vulnerability and sense of loss which, though not strictly Brechtian, is a welcome respite for the audience...
Haiti's other elite, the families of Lebanese and Palestinian immigrants who grew rich enough during the years of junta rule to corner an additional 40% of the economy, also curse Aristide and his American patrons. As they guard their corrugated-steel warehouses, crammed full of the contraband goods that made them the junta's most powerful allies, they foresee disaster under the new regime. "When the U.S. disarmed the paramilitaries, they totally eliminated what little security this country had," says Rudy Chemaly, a recent millionaire. "I am sorry they didn't kill Aristide...
...weeks, good news like that has sometimes sent the market reeling, as investors register their fear of renewed inflation. But with two reports last week suggesting that inflation remains under control, the stocks that benefited today were those that normally do well in an expanding economy -- such as Bethlehem Steel and International Paper, both up a point. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 13.46 points...