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...short, believing Hussein will live up to a compromise, or that he will not continue to be a regional and global menace in the future, is foolish. The best thing about this brush with war--if that is what the posturing and strategizing of the past few weeks turns out to be--may be the attention that has been refocused on the dangers posed by Baghdad...
Melia did do some studying to brush up on his knowledge of popular culture after being notified in December that the show had changed its format to stress the topic...
...Madanian's estimation, the store's single best-selling item is the Mason and Pearson hairbrush. It's more expensive than the average CVS plastic model, but "it lasts for twenty years," Madanian says, indicating the finely-crafted brush in a box on the pharmacy counter. "Definitely a quality item," she adds...
...last winter, while the north would be warmer and drier. That's just what happened: at one point this winter, it was snowing in Guadalajara, Mexico, while thermometers in Saskatchewan registered in the 50s. That doesn't mean the scientists are always right, of course. They can make broad-brush predictions of El Nino's effects without being able to forecast exactly what will happen in any given place. Some of the early prediction scenarios--no snow for the Olympic Winter Games at Nagano and monsoon failure in India--never materialized...
...current scandal, it is difficult to determine who or what should be believed. Whatever the out-come, this case has been a sad episode in our history. Monica Lewinsky has suffered irrevocable damage to her reputation, career prospects and potential for leading a normal life because of her involuntary brush with notoriety. The First Family has been forced to endure a humiliating crisis in full view of the world...