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...come, when the U.S. economy is expanding steadily with little inflation? Some conservatives grumble about an international investors' vote of no confidence in Clinton's leadership. But most analysts stress other causes. German financiers cite a worldwide demand for investment capital to finance renewed economic growth. The U.S., they say, is losing out because investments in other countries yield a return roughly equal to what American securities pay, with less risk of currency-exchange losses. So fear of a further decline in the dollar chokes off the very investments that could prevent...
There is little doubt that such brutality is organized and authorized at a high level, even if the available evidence does not satisfy the exacting standards of a courtroom. U.N. officials cite the example of the predominantly Serb Banja Luka region, which was home to 356,000 Muslims and 180,000 Croats before 1991. Today only 50,000 Muslims and 27,000 Croats remain. Their homes and neighborhoods have been taken over by an estimated 250,000 Serbs brought in from Muslim-controlled areas...
...hard to argue with the evidence they cite. Nearly a third of American children are born out of wedlock, and those children are four times as likely as the others to be poor. Unwed mothers average nearly 8 years on welfare, in ^ contrast to 4.8 years overall. "From the President on down, there has been an amazing shift in attitude," says Douglas Besharov, a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute. "Today everyone recognizes that dealing with births out of wedlock is the central issue of welfare reform, so much so that the President's draft plan makes dealing with...
Officers and members of Hillel cite itsimportance today as a gathering place and centerof learning about Jewish culture...
Anger at economic as well as political oppression is growing in slums like the capital's Cite Soleil and in the countryside. Fuel is too expensive, so peasants can no longer afford to transport crops into the city. In some areas, people are reduced to eating boiled green mangoes and seeds. "The military got us into this mess, and they will have to pay for it," says Pierre, a father of five. Relief agencies already feed some 900,000 people, but they claim that red tape from the U.N. and the U.S. is holding up supplies. "They keep talking about...