Word: aides
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...should the Taliban, who roundly condemned the U.S. action against Bin Laden, be so upset at the terrorist chieftain? The Taliban is deeply dependent on financial aid from Saudi Arabia and on political and military support from Pakistan, and both nations are leaning on the ruling militia to rein in Bin Laden. The Taliban also wants to be recognized by the U.N. as Afghanistan's official government, especially now that it's squaring up for a confrontation with Iran. Bin Laden doesn't exactly have that many places to rest his head, so he will probably be persuaded to speak...
...those cruise missiles hit? Mostly the mountains around Khost, say the Afghans, claiming that 21 people died and 30 were injured. And what of the elusive terrorist chief, Osama Bin Laden? By all accounts, he got away unscathed. "When the U.S. began evacuating personnel from Pakistan and warning foreign aid workers to leave Afghanistan, Bin Laden's people knew something was brewing and made preparations," says TIME's New Delhi bureau chief Tim McGirk...
...Ellises, that means no need to apply for financial aid or be worried about market dips--and whether they can afford vacations. Their investment takes care of four years' worth of Lexi's tuition (any extra money from the fund can be applied to the cost of room and board or books), as well as her parents' peace of mind...
...Education IRA last year. It was a good idea in theory. In practice, however, it doesn't do much for most families. "I would not recommend that any client save money in an EIRA," concludes Satovsky. Colleges have yet to decide how they'll count that money when determining aid, he reasons. Furthermore, in the year they withdraw from their EIRA, students won't qualify for the other generous programs created by Congress last year: the HOPE scholarship and the Lifetime Learning credit. Nor can money they withdraw from an EIRA be used in conjunction with a prepaid tuition plan...
...portrayed a crisis in Sudan without adequately understanding the aid efforts of the U.S. government. Let there be no mistake: this famine was caused by protracted civil war and human-rights abuses by the Sudanese government, including support for scorched-earth militia raids in the famine zones, the bombing of relief centers and denial of access to relief supplies. These abuses have made the relief efforts in the country more difficult and dangerous. Last fall there was no possible way to predict the series of events that led to this tragic famine. USAID is the world's largest donor...