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...tough enough these days, as any American builder can attest, to comply with regulations of the EPA, EEOC, OSHA and a Scrabble board of other U.S. agencies. But when Marasco proposed his International Gateway of the Americas--$225 million worth of shops, restaurants, offices and hotel rooms spread over 67 acres--he also had to deal with U.S. Customs, the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service and the federal, state and city governments on the Mexican side. Marasco observes that "it requires a great deal of, um, flexibility...
...holy city of Mashhad. The women, convicted prostitutes and drug users, were strangled with their headscarves and wrapped in chadors. As the authorities rounded up 500 known prostitutes, police - sent from Tehran to help local forces track down a supposed serial killer - arrested a 39-year-old married builder. ISRAEL Voice of Reason Palestinians fought each other over the arrest of militants in the Gaza Strip. Gunmen fired on Palestinian security forces in Gaza City after Hamas members were picked up on suspicion of violating the cease-fire. To counter the violence, a group of 100 leading Israeli and Palestinians...
Strangely, it is on the stony ground of unfulfilled hopes that Labour has made its stand--like a builder who tells you six months into the job that renovating your house will take twice as long as promised. "We have a long, long way to go," Blair says repeatedly. Voters are buying it, even if it makes them grimace. Not only do voters consider Blair more capable than Tory leader William Hague (50% to 16%) but they also reject the Tories' key domestic pledge, an American-inspired plan to cut taxes at least $12 billion a year...
...Strangely, it is on the stony ground of unfulfilled hopes that Labour has made its stand - like a builder who tells you six months into the job that renovating your house will take twice as long and cost twice as much as promised. "We have a long, long way to go," Blair says repeatedly. Stranger still, voters are buying his plea for patience, even if it makes them grimace. One week before election day, a MORI poll gives Labour an astonishing 18-point lead over the Conservatives, whose leader, William Hague, nevertheless maintains an almost otherworldly serenity...
...light bulb clicked on: acquire, acquire, acquire. In three years, Davis took advantage of a powerful new currency, equity, to purchase more than a dozen Internet sites. Taking a page from AOL's book, Lycos became a one-stop Internet "community," with brands that ranged from Web-page builder Tripod to Quote.com a financial chat service, and dating service Matchmaker...