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White House aides point out that Bush's policies, notably the cozying up to China, are not always pro-democracy. The Philippines and Panama were special cases in which the U.S. had historic ties with the countries involved, major assets to protect -- the Panama Canal and sea and air bases in the Philippines -- and strong military forces on the scene and ready for action. Says a senior Administration official: "It's always nice, of course, when you can intervene on behalf of democrats, but that's not always possible...
...nearby Bridge of the Americas across thePanama Canal was open...
...troops stationed in the Panama Canal area were restricted to base and only authorized movement was permitted...
...burst upon the takeover scene in the early 1980s, Asher Edelman seemed to have a magic touch. Bright, brash and hyperconfident, he reaped more than $40 million in instant profits for himself and his investors by raiding and liquidating two dreary companies: Management Assistance, a computer maker, and Canal-Randolph, a real estate firm. Suddenly superrich, the Bard College graduate, reared on Long Island, N.Y., bought fashionable residences from Sun Valley to Switzerland, a 100-ft. yacht, a personal jet and a modern-art collection today rumored to be worth $100 million...
...Dhabi and other Middle East locales refused to admit the suspect sheep, and Jordan and Egypt would not even take them free. An Italian company finally offered to take them on consignment for resale in Europe, but Egypt balked at allowing the sheep through the Suez Canal and escorted the ship out of Egyptian waters. Last week the firm posted a $250,000 guarantee that no sheep or carcasses would be dumped in the canal, and the ship set sail for Italy. That seems like a happy ending, except possibly from the point of view of the sheep...