Word: africa
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Before directing TV spots and music videos, he traveled through Africa ("I discovered that if it moves, you can eat it") and dug trenches at sewer sites in Greece ("That gave me an appreciation for money that's invaluable now"). Ritchie shot LS&2SB, with its dozens of speaking roles and locations, for just $1.6 million. "When it comes to film budgets, I'm lethal...
...acres along the Arkansas River, as a repository of Clinton papers and a research center for presidential scholars. But Clinton also seems to be imagining the library as a sort of government-in-exile--like Carter's but even more activist--part policy institute, part Peace Corps, focusing on Africa, showcasing his accomplishments...
...White House has also played a role in averting crises before they appeared on the radar screens. There were times in the past year when countries including Egypt, South Africa and Ukraine were possibly just days away from becoming the next victims of Asian Contagion. But patient and highly secret intervention by Vice President Al Gore helped change policy and avert collapses that would surely have shaken global confidence again...
From the start, the research was dogged by controversy. As in many scientific studies, some of the women and babies--from Uganda, South Africa and Tanzania--received real medications while others got sugar pills. Normally such double-blind tests are considered unethical if an effective therapy exists...
...adage of India's gangsters may apply equally to international terrorists. Afghanistan's Taliban rulers announced Friday that Osama bin Laden has been gagged and his activities restricted, but they continue to reject Washington's calls to surrender him for trial over the bombing of U.S. embassies in Africa. The announcement follows a meeting with British officials earlier this week, at which the Taliban were asked to "get control of" the alleged super-terrorist -- an approach the Afghanis hailed as "more reasonable" than Washington's extradition demands...