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Nearly two years and more than 200,000 deaths after the West began to assist the Bosnians, some are asking if the aid intended to save lives has only prolonged the war. "That is a downright deadly argument," retorts Wolfgang Berger of the Austrian Catholic charity Caritas, the largest private agency working in the former Yugoslavia. "You can't make peace by sacrificing still more civilians to hunger and destitution...
...just need more advertising and time," said Karin Berger of Renato's For Men. Although she also mentioned the post-holiday sales downturn as a reason for poor sales, she stressed that "in general" business in her shop "is pretty slow...
...costume, power lawyer Vernon Jordan adopted the uniform of power forward Michael Jordan; he could be seen talking to a helmeted Hope High School Bobcats quarterback who distinctly resembled Mack McLarty. Sandy Berger, the deputy National Security Adviser, turned up as Yasser Arafat, his wife as Yitzhak Rabin. Arkansas pals Diane and Jim Blair pretended to be James Carville and Mary Matalin. Webb Hubbell and his wife came as the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea, and one guest, dressed as Lincoln, passed out little cards that read, "They have a nice bedroom in this house...
...lower-echelon advisers tended to pipe up freely, sometimes carrying on debates among themselves, while senior officials like Christopher offered sensible observations but were mostly silent. Defense Secretary Les Aspin was just the opposite, caroming from subject to subject, the official said. Foreign policy experts Tony Lake and Sandy Berger, meanwhile, wanted to position Clinton as a forceful leader, to set him apart from Jimmy Carter...
Among the rest of the solid supporting cast, Marian Berger gave an unusual but excellent performance as the pedantic Holofernes and Catherine Robe was absolutely perfect as the ditzy country wench Jaquenetta...