Word: cementing
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Kuwait's Arab neighbors in the multinational force have fared better. Saudi Arabia has furnished $80 million of emergency food supplies and is bidding on contracts for cement and other building materials. Egypt expects to provide much of the labor to rebuild Kuwait. Workers there before the invasion were largely Egyptians, Palestinians and Yemenites, but the last two groups supported Saddam and won't be welcome for a long time. So the 400,000 Egyptians who fled after the invasion will probably stream back, followed by many compatriots...
...prospects for a resolution of the Palestinian problem are as dim as they have ever been. Yes, the U.S. is committed to pushing extra hard for Israeli flexibility, to pay back Arab governments for their support of the coalition and to cement American credibility in the Arab world. But even Israel's No. 1 patron cannot make Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir budge unless he chooses to. And he does not. "We shall stand firm," says Shamir, against "attempts to establish a new pattern of Middle East arrangements...
Bush and Congress must do more to cement the relationship and give Israel the support the country deserves. To support Israel's security, Bush must warn itchytrigger-fingered Arab leaders that any attack on Israel will be considered an attack on American vital interests and will evoke a military response. Further, the U.S. command must immediately coordinate efforts with the Israeli Defense Forces, to give Israel the capability to attack Iraq...
...minimalist schedule helps hold down costs at the stores, which are typically low-rent, warehouse-like places with cement floors. Aside from a single manager per store, all employees are part time; many are recruited from the ranks of loyal customers, tempted by the 20% employee discount. The company stocks its shelves with closeout lines acquired at a fraction of their original price. Typical offerings range from Waterford crystal frames ($24.99 ) to Fendi mufflers ($19.99) to Spode china...
...near collapse. Better to rebuild old dwellings, they figure, than to build new homeless shelters. In one day of hard work the 1,000 Hartsville volunteers used 400 gal. of paint, 800 lbs. of nails, 7,000 ft. of lumber, 5,000 squares of shingles and 200 bags of cement, all paid for by local donations with an enviable provision: if they fell short, Sonoco Products Co., a plastics-packaging giant acting as sponsor, would write a check for the difference...