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...villagers along the 700-km border. He mainly sells AK-47s, rocket-propelled grenades and hand grenades. "I sell them to my buyers but I don't know about the end users because there are so many people in the chain. I have some protection from my boss who runs a syndicate. He is close to the powerful people...
...what does "consultation" mean? Powell said it meant listening to their views and allowing them to guide U.S. actions, at the same time as working to persuade them to accept the missile defense principle being pursued by Washington. Officials around Rumsfeld saw "consultation" as being just what their boss had done in Europe - particularly his offer to help the Europeans build missile shields of their own. But Europe showed little interest in buying into an at-this-point-hypothetical multibillion dollar system designed to counter a threat they don?t take nearly as seriously as the current administration in Washington...
...Over at Chanel, director of couture Joy Hendriks had her own problems. Recently chastised by her boss for allowing two customers to wear the same dress, seasons-old, to a party in Monaco, Hendriks was facing a packed appointment book. Like most couture directors, Hendriks is expected to keep track of every outfit she sells?not just to whom she sells it, but where and when they intend to wear it for the life of the garment. ?At Chanel,? she sighs, ?we sell more than two dresses a season. It?s not easy...
...Brother Jim"--were just starting to become regulars. "Just regular guys," says bartender Pam Smith. She remembers Michael Rodriguez--who had hired a hit man to kill his wife for $400,000 in insurance money--as being "real nice." He came in for lunch. Smith and her boss Darby Howard remember their tattoos--and, in alleged ringleader George Rivas' case, a fresh-orange hairdo. But Tres Hombres sees lots of people with mohawks and piercings. The Gang of Seven blended...
Dull is fine but not inert, as his detractors charge. While 63% of Californians support the Governor overall, according to the latest polls by the Public Policy Institute of California, 62% disapprove of the way he is handling the energy crisis. He recalls being told by his old boss, former Governor Jerry Brown, that "there will come a moment when there will be a prison break or some other crisis by which the administration will be remembered, so the challenge is to be ready for that moment. This is my moment to provide leadership...