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...sting of those dismissals sharpened as Jordan's King Hussein slowly turned his back on the Iraqis. When they first arrived, the King warmly embraced them, putting them up in one of his guesthouses. Later, he moved them to one of his palaces. But as the months passed a chill set in, and in October the government asked the families to vacate their opulent digs to make room for other guests. The Iraqis were moved into more modest accommodations on the way to the airport...
...PLAINS: Freezing Arctic winds sent wind chill temperatures plunging to more than 50 degrees below zero as a fierce winter storm rolled across the Plains Wednesday night headed east. TIME's Pete Larson reports from Nebraska: "Most people in the region have been unable to get to work and the schools are closed today. Officials are very concerned about the cold temperatures. It struck so quickly that people were caught off guard. Central Nebraska is basically shut down. So is the interstate, with stalled vehicles stranded overnight. Rescue attempts have been difficult because visibility has been very poor. Many people...
...have that for breakfast and I'm certainly not that crazy about it then either? Sometimes I just think that if I had those $3,000 each year to feed myself, I would do a much better job. Of course, I would still go to the dining hall to chill with the staff--they are the best part of the meals here...
...lesser bombardments "as if they are events of biblical proportions. One tunes into the eleven o'clock news to find scary, Siberian-like numbers written across a regional weather map. Only later do we find out that the minus forty-one registered in Worcester is, in fact, the wind-chill factor...
...crackdown, however, sent a chill through the Internet community, which spent much of 1995 fighting what appears to be a losing battle against a U.S. bill that would criminalize "indecent" computer messages. The new restriction confirmed the net's worst fears about what may lie ahead: Germany's little list included sexuality support groups for the handicapped and a bulletin board for homosexuals that has served as a lifeline for thousands of gay youth...