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...luring targets with the promise of escape, the traffickers can capitalize on more lenient visa requirements and lax law enforcement. Profits are considerable. The initial investment may be small-a few hundred dollars for dental work, new clothes and a plane ticket-but the payoff is upwards of $1,000 in Bucharest and $5,000 in Rome, plus prostitution profits generated along the way. The beauty of the trade, as one investigator puts it, lies in the fact that the victims can be sold and resold, producing income almost indefinitely. "It's better than mutual funds," quips the official...
...four times. Who says I don't have a sense of humor?" Dukakis tried to end things, noting, "Needless to say, I do not intend to do physical harm to brother Nader." Ralph? "The issue is that he said it, and it coarsened the dialogue." And that Dukakis-Nader ticket looked so promising...
...education savings account and the child credit. Hasn't Dubya heard? Credits, exemptions and deductions aimed at specific taxpayer profiles don't resonate. Not with voters anyway. Al Gore's tax plan had more targets than a rifle range, and all it got him was a fast ticket home. Targeted cuts don't resonate with people who fill out their own tax returns either. Breaks that phase out as you go up the income ladder or are linked to the type of child care you choose, or whatever, complicate a code already so confusing that the IRS estimates it takes...
...loss is measured by weight rather than value, you will be reimbursed no more than $9.07 per lb.) The second right is that passengers must be compensated if they are "bumped" from a plane that has been oversold. The amount owed the traveler depends on the price of the ticket and the length of delay in eventually arriving at the destination. If the airline gets you home more than two hours after you were due, for example, the compensation is double your fare, up to a $400 maximum...
During the campaign, Cheney would sometimes go almost a week without talking to the man at the top of the ticket. Now they spend as much as two-thirds of every working day in each other's presence. Their togetherness begins at 8 a.m. with an intelligence briefing in the Oval Office. By the time Cheney settles into his yellow chair near the fireplace for that session, he has already received his daily CIA briefing. To maximize efficiency, he is briefed during the 25-minute ride from the McLean, Va., town house where he and his wife Lynne are living...