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...successful defeat of the guerillas and paramilitary groups, the U.S. demonstrates its complete neglect of human need. Even though children are tortured, 300,000 people are forced from their homes per year and there are an average of 10 political killings a day, the U.S. administration does not view the Colombian situation as a humanitarian crisis. To the U.S., the only statistic that matters is that 90 percent of cocaine in the U.S. comes from Colombia. Drugs are the name of the game; human need is a moot point...
...award at the Arthur Ashe Stadium, named after the first black man to win a major tennis title. But Williams encompasses a different model than that of the late Arthur Ashe himself. We remember Ashe as the perfect gentleman, molded to the etiquette of his day and sport. We view Williams, however, as an athlete and a woman pushing to the extremes of her physical and mental strength through personal expression and dedication...
...attend congressional hearings set for this week. He has promised to release all company documents showing what Ford knew and when it knew it; his counterpart at Bridgestone/Firestone, CEO Masatoshi Ono, will also be there. Both are sure to incur the wrath of politicians fed up with what they view as stonewalling. "This whole thing stinks," said Representative Billy Tauzin, the Louisiana Republican who is chairman of the House Commerce Subcommittee on Consumer Protection. "You can't tell me someone at Firestone or Ford didn't know they had serious problems with these tires long before the body count started...
...Moroccans' view of their world-record holder over both distances may be suffused with national pride, but the outstanding middle-distance athletes who have gone before El Guerrouj don't dispute the praise. "He's the best I've seen by a long way," says Sebastian Coe, now Lord Coe, who along with fellow Britons Steve Ovett and Steve Cram traded the mile record between 1979 and 1985. Their reign fell to Africa in 1993, when Algeria's Noureddine Morceli sheared almost 2 sec. from Cram's eight-year-old record...
...data and showcasing new talent. But the part of the site that has everyone talking is "The Buzz," an anonymous chat section restricted by password to industry insiders. In "Executive Shuffle," studio brass dish on who's up and who's down. "Assistant Central" is a drone's-eye view of life in Tinseltown...