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...find whose interests it might be serving let's see where the buck stops. While there will be an indirect economic benefit for these countries from their increased sense of security, much more tangible is money (on the order of billions of dollars) NATO will provide to modernize their armies. The nations' defense ministries will then spend this money buying arms from American and other western defense firms. Is it likely the American defense industry would try to influence American foreign policy for its own benefit, to the detriment of the interests of the American people...
...Stuart Buck is second-year law student from Springdale, Ark. He is a member of the Harvard Law Review...
...best times to buy a new car, with low prices and high rebates. And when it comes to the gas tank, some good deals are better than others. Among 1999 models on the EPA's brand-new mileage survey, Chevrolet's Metro offers the best bang for your buck, with 47 highway m.p.g., followed by Suzuki's Swift, Honda's Civic and Toyota's Paseo...
...staffers of The Current said that is exactly the journalistic trend they are trying to buck. Instead, Loss said, they hope to engage the student community by relating social and political events and issues to Harvard life...
...Gingrich, who pleaded guilty to ethics violations, was sorry "to whatever degree in any way that I brought controversy or inappropriate attention to the House." Senator Alfonse D'Amato said he was sorry "if I've offended anyone," when he knew full well whom he had offended with his buck-toothed, "no tickee, no laundry" mimicry of Lance...