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More than the fate of South Korea has dropped into the laptops of the technocrats from Washington. The Asian crisis brewing since the summer has reached the Code Red stage. With Thailand and Indonesia receiving IMF bailouts, the fund has become the main hope for containing the East Asian upheavals before they spread to Japan, and from there perhaps to the U.S. Thailand, which came running to the IMF this summer, is getting a $17 billion aid package. Indonesia will get about $23 billion. South Korea initially asked for $20 billion, but last week its Finance Minister indicated the package...
...away from the screening twice for updates on developments in Geneva. Albright demanded that the adjective "unconditional" be inserted in one phrase spelling out Iraqi acceptance of U.N. inspections. In another paragraph, the Americans added that the team would look for ways to make its "work more effective"--diplomatic code words for hunting for weapons in more places...
...crimes] may be copycats," notes police sergeant Dennis Cribari. But Carl Raschke, a University of Denver professor who tracks hate groups, is not reassured: "These people don't have to know each other. They click on the same Websites, they listen to the same music, they know the code." Last week, he surmises, they began a "game of chicken" with city authorities. Denver residents fear the game could take more tragic turns before it's over...
...first published in 1966 with text by the late New York Times correspondent C.L. Sulzberger and photographs culled from international archives. It was an elegant memorial to the war's unimaginable destruction, anguish and fortitude. Ambrose furthers that tragic sense in his revision, which includes updated material on code breaking, Japanese war crimes and Hitler's atom-bomb project...
WORKING ENVIRONMENT: Near outer space. The U-2 can fly above 70,000 feet. Its cruising speed is a relatively slow 430 m.p.h., which can make it vulnerable (seven have been shot down), and its range is more than 4,000 miles. Dress code for pilots: a full-pressure astronaut-like suit when flying. They breathe 100% oxygen and wear UCDs--urinary-collection devices--for obvious reasons...