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...collect even less in taxes than the Israelis did, and the security forces especially have developed a reputation for petty corruption. A common complaint is that medical services have declined; Arafat's wife Suha won't give birth in the Gaza Strip -- she has flown to Paris to await the arrival of their first child...
...House earlier this year, would be an affront to Clinton and the U.N. Security Council, which imposedthe arms embargoon the former Yugoslavia in 1991, hoping to prevent an escalation ofthe fighting in the Balkans. Senate Majority LeaderBob Dole, who at Clinton's request delayed action last week to await the results of the NATO allies conference in London, argued on the Senate floor that the embargo merely established a built-in military advantage for rebel Bosnian Serb forces. "We have an obligation to the Bosnian people and to our principles to allow a U.N. member state, the victim of aggression...
...outside the handsome East 63rd Street town house by 8:25 each weekday morning. Within five minutes -- exactly five minutes -- half a dozen regulars at one of Manhattan's most elite breakfast clubs have assembled in a splendidly appointed room graced with a Roy Lichtenstein. Noshing bagels, they obediently await the less punctual arrival of their host and boss, Ronald Perelman, 51, the petulant billionaire-about-town whose empire includes banks, television stations and Revlon cosmetics-as well as holdings such as Coleman camping gear and Pantry Pride supermarkets that are less likely to get him on the pages...
When he ended a19-year-old trade embargo against Vietnamin February 1994,Clinton had said diplomatic recognition would have to await a "full and final accounting" of the then 2,238 Americans listed as missing. State Department spokesman Nicholas Burns today declined to say whether Vietnam had provided that information, but cited "an increased level of performance...
...little bit more encouragement to other Justices who advance views that are at odds with those of most black Americans." The court will soon rule on another vital issue: whether it is constitutional to create majority black districts so that African Americans can be elected to Congress. As they await Thomas' vote, a lot of blacks besides Wyatt Tee Walker are feeling queasy all over again...