Word: though
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...quit as chief of the Drug Enforcement Administration because of weariness with bureaucratic wars, among other reasons. For a man who values his independence, though, he made an odd choice. His new boss: George Steinbrenner of the New York Yankees...
...country's future. But hopes that the breakup would be amicable now look unlikely. The problem stems from an old hero. Lech Walesa wants to be President by forcing an early election. But most Solidarity legislators seem to prefer remaining in government and Prime Minister Tadeusz Mazowiecki. Even though his drastic economic reforms have cut living standards as much as 40%, polls of Poles show that he is more popular than Walesa. Lech is sulking in Gdansk...
...shoots a pilot with virtually no interference. The network bigwigs look at the result, realize that it will probably befuddle many viewers, then decide to air it anyway. The programmers even consider -- horrors! -- showing the two-hour pilot without commercials. (Cooler heads prevail; the show will have ads, though fewer than usual.) It's enough to restore one's faith in television...
...Though the 18-month sting operation was brilliantly executed, the episode reminded the world that President Saddam Hussein had lost none of his fierce resolve to turn Iraq into the first Arab nuclear power. Saddam's reckless campaign also reinforced concerns about the rapid proliferation of arms in the Middle East, where, by Soviet count, the race to equip 5 million men has cost $600 billion during the past decade. As superpower rapprochement diminishes the desire of Washington and Moscow to meet the military wish list of its Middle East proteges, some of those clients are looking to achieve military...
...spite of the seemingly inexorable European settlement of the Pacific Coast, there are strangers in the Western paradise. Other peoples too have sought the "good country," though instead of crossing the continent, they have crossed an ocean; instead of looking back to Europe, they trace their bloodlines to Asia. The profound impact they have made on the West is a case study of the changes that will sweep the nation as it gradually moves beyond the melting pot. As Asians bring vitality and a renewed sense of purpose to the region, is history repeating itself with a twist? Just...