Word: barone
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Instead, the U.S. needs a firm response. First, it needs to be clear that it will not be manipulated—whether by an oil baron, a media tycoon, or the Kremlin itself. Second, it needs to assert priorities with respect to Russia and determine whether the benefits to national security really outweigh the complications an oil project would bring. Finally, the U.S. needs to decide whether Putin is in fact a facilitator of U.S. interests. If not, it must ask whether it is prepared to embrace global partnership with a handful of oligarchs who bankrupted their own country during...
...earth victims, who decried his visit to the town of Ixcán. And though Ríos Montt campaigns on law and order, violent crime and political murders have soared under the frg. Ríos Montt is helped by the blandness of the oligarchy-supported frontrunner, agriculture baron Oscar Berger, whose proposals include using Guatemala's Nobel Peace laureate, Maya Indian Rigoberta Menchú, to promote tourism. Still, if Ríos Montt loses, he also loses immunity from prosecution, which has raised fears that he might resort to desperation tactics to win. Ríos Montt dismisses...
Fortunately, he also happens to be a licensed pilot, which eases his effort to keep a tight schedule of gigs while watching over his sprawling empire. Every Thursday he flies 2 1/2 hours in his Beech C55 Baron from Branson to his home in Texas to spend the weekend with his second wife Vivian and to play golf with their son Greg. He has three grown children from his first marriage and four grandchildren...
Forget Murakami bags and motorcycle boots. Today no fashion look can be called complete without a cell phone. Yet nobody has given much thought to upgrading the design of these ubiquitous tech toys. TIME dialed up two renowned designers and asked for help. Art director Fabien Baron sketched what he calls a nomadic instant-communication panel, left, which provides voice communication, interactive chatting, Internet access and movies, TV and games while in transit. "It's a connector, a medium and a refuge," says Baron. "The ultimate stimulus for our nomadic generation." Taking the notion of cell phone as appendage, architect...
...grand slam. But who was the pitcher? You can find the answers to that and other trivia teasers at retrosheet.org Retrosheet is buoyed by volunteers dedicated to preserving the history of the game and sharing its rich details, for free, with anyone who asks. --By Matt Baron...