Word: clearing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...unpredictable and dangerous new period in international relations. "This whole thing hasn?t been well thought through," says TIME U.N. correspondent William Dowell. "We?ve been abysmally wrong on a number of questions. The European NATO members in particular believe that Washington led them into a war without a clear plan, and the result is that they?re more likely now to try and go it alone on security questions...
...protect assets if you get sued. But foreign trusts do not excuse you from paying taxes. Yet that's exactly the kind of tip you'll get from thousands of websites offering "expert" advice on moving your money offshore. If the site recommends a "pure" or "constitutional" trust, steer clear. Read about this and other traps and scams at www.assetprotectioncorp.com...
...away, in Germany, Thaci wavered. "I'm skeptical," he told TIME. He had good reason. The deal crushes the K.L.A. and any immediate hopes for an independent Republic of Kosovo. Instead of gloriously liberating--and then governing--Kosovo, the battle-ready K.L.A. now must demilitarize. And there is no clear mission for it in postwar Kosovo. Policemen? Militia? NATO hopes the K.L.A.'s fighting waiters and bus drivers will simply return to their jobs...
...have to be in as soon as the Yugoslav troops pull out in order to fill the vacuum." Otherwise, K.L.A. forces may zip in and wreak vengeance on the estimated 100,000 Serb civilians remaining in the province. While few envision the K.L.A.'s fighting NATO, it's clear the rebel army has no plans to disappear...
Tobacman is also very clear about the way he has changed since moving to the East Coast, though he says it's hard to know what is simply a result of growing up and what is a result of four years at Harvard...