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None of these burgeoning opportunities for the U.N. come cheap. This year's regular budget for the New York headquarters and core operations is $1.2 billion. The post-cold war boom in peacekeeping has led to eight major new operations since 1988, with costs projected to reach $1 billion this year. The Cambodia venture alone is expected to drain $1 billion-plus over the next two years, but that will be a bargain if it buys peace in that devastated land...
...amends for its transgressions. In 1988 Congress finally passed a law promising $20,000 to each of 75,000 victims. "Words alone cannot restore lost years or erase painful memories," said the presidential letter handed to each survivor. So far, $957 million of the promised billion-plus dollars has been paid...
Although a $2 billion-plus capital campaign--the largest in the history of Harvard or any other American university--is still in the planning stages, Rudenstine has already started thinking about ways to modify the old concept of the separate "tubs...
Eastern is owed $444,830, the airline claims in a Miami federal court suit filed recently. Eastern stopped flying January 18, after 62 years of service, but is still trying to sell assets and settle claims to pay as much of its $3 billion-plus debt as possible...
Then again, Washington did not exactly send an unequivocal message. Not only did the Senate overwhelmingly (76 to 23) approve Israel's $3 billion-plus annual aid package, but it also tacked on an additional $700 million worth of military hardware. With a carrot like that, Shamir can hardly be blamed for ignoring Bush's stick. As long as those funds keep flowing, the Israeli government is unlikely to change course despite the growing animosity between the two leaders. Says Shamir spokesman Avi Pazner: "We've shown that we don't knuckle under to pressure...