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...slaughtered democracy protesters in 1988 and voided the 1990 election. Increasingly isolated economically, the regime has dramatically expanded its reliance on forced civilian labor for infrastructure and revenue-generating projects. By 1996 an estimated 3% of Burma's GDP was the fruit of conscripted gangs. In an additional, cruel twist, many of the soldiers themselves - part of a mobilization that expanded the army from 185,000 troops to nearly half a million today - were little more than child slaves. Sein Win was press-ganged into service at age 12. He wasn't allowed to contact his family and never once...
Then comes the twist in the tale: just as the mogul is preparing to turn to the equity markets to take his very privately held vision public, it all goes horribly wrong. Creditors come calling, demanding their loans back. Parts of the business lose money. The billionaire faces a financial bloodbath. Riveting stuff, right? Were his empire not under such dire pressure, Leo Kirch might have found something to appreciate in his current predicament...
...associate editorial chair of The Crimson, is a biology concentrator in Eliot House beginning his second semester as a columnist. He plans to pour the classic Harvard life cocktail: smooth and delicious sometimes, viscous and corrosive at others—but always topping it off with a twist of wit. His column will appear on alternate Thursdays...
...Enron mess has reawakened Washington's instant scandal culture, with the entirely predictable twist that Democrats and Republicans have exchanged their well-practiced roles. But there's one obvious comparison that Bush's advisers are at great pains to deny. "There is no war room, no task force, no team of lawyers working day and night to battle the Democrats," says an aide. "This is not the Clinton White House." The Administration finally disclosed last week how many meetings Enron representatives had last year with Vice President Dick Cheney or his staff--six, including one as late as October, when...
...Canadian study of every screenwriter ever considered for an Oscar shows that to win the golden guy--as opposed to being nominated--shortens life expectancy by 3.6 years. Last spring the same researchers found that actors who win live 3.9 years longer. Why the plot twist? Success seems to kill screenwriters because, unlike actors, they needn't worry about public scrutiny and are freer to smoke, sleep less and generally lead unhealthy lives...