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...Wolaytas, the Anuaks and Nuers, and the Oromos and Tigreans. Meles could try to pacify them all by force. Instead, he has approached tribal elders to find less drastic compromises. In the case of the Afars, for instance, he has asked the elders to designate which tribesmen should be armed. "To disarm them all is unacceptable to the Afars," Meles explains. "So the choice is to disarm the irrational elements and arm the rational elements." By this risky equation, he is calculating that if only the most cool-headed are armed, perhaps they will choose not to use their weapons...
...beer actually worked, but I gave it up because I got tired of explaining that I really was heading off to write as I departed each evening with a six- pack tucked under my arm. On the other hand, the clamminess and poor concentration disappeared immediately when I gave up caffeine, and I discovered that fear of bill collectors is an adequate late-night stimulant. This first dip into the waters of alternative health left me open to the suggestion, a few years later, that I try chiropractic to treat my persistent lower-back pain. "Go see Christoph," said...
...Council, an insidious, sugared, Madison-Avenue-styled voice of the federal government arm-in-arm with corporate America, runs campaigns encouraging us to volunteer, saying that if everyone just volunteered five hours a week, we'd solve everything, and still be home for dinner...
Beth L. Pinsker '93 can't legally gamble, but she can balance six plates of pancakes on one arm...
...Harken's few profitable ventures was its high-flying commodities trading arm. But suddenly in 1989 the division racked up a $17 million loss, prompting Quasha to shut down the operation. Insiders say the oil traders never had careful supervision, systematic controls or enough money in the bank to ride out a downturn...