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...that seems to be getting steadily worse. He runs down a kind of box score: nine of 13 countries on the Pacific Rim of Asia that once accounted for a third of world output "are in depression or recession, and we're still counting"; Japan, the world's second biggest economy, "is still going down--it looks like a drop of 2% this year"; in Latin America, Venezuela and Colombia are in recession and Brazil is "in a very dicey situation," saddled with an overvalued currency. Argentina also "is at risk because a chunk of its exports goes to Brazil...
...Boxer invited still more attacks for her belated criticism of President Bill Clinton's adultery. (Her daughter is married to the First Lady's brother.) In contrast to the vociferous Boxer, Fong, who is pro-choice-in-the-first-trimester, delivers speeches like a CPA explaining tax law. "His biggest advantage," says a G.O.P. strategist, "is that he's not Barbara Boxer...
...biggest concern of Malaysians right now is the value placed on human life. The stability of a country, especially a multiracial one like Malaysia, is of critical importance. Believe it or not, be we Malay, Chinese or Indian, we love one another as Malaysians. We don't need the media to disrupt our peaceful country with their coverage and play havoc with our multiracial feelings! We know ourselves best, so let us manage our country out of these economic woes. Mahathir may be a bit too blunt and straightforward in conveying his thoughts, but he is right on some points...
...veteran of international competition since her junior year in high school, one suspects Rakow can take care of herself. She credits her sensei in Phoenix, known as Kaoyama Sensei, as her biggest influence...
...latest and biggest in a parade of big names to campaign in Oregon's First District: Hillary Clinton, whose tribulations have helped make her the hottest ticket on this season's fund-raising circuit. More than 200 Oregonians paid $250 each to Wu's underfinanced campaign to hear the First Lady declare over lunch, "We need to change the Congress!" The biggest favor Clinton did for Wu was to remind Democrats there is an election coming up and offer them a rationale for voting in a year when turnout promises to set a record low. Even in Oregon, where mail...