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...invasion of Rwanda, Kagame relied on Museveni's moral and material help, including arms. While Museveni insists he "wasn't looking" for the opportunity to dislodge longtime strongman Mobutu Sese Seko from Zaire, when the chance came he joined with Kagame to mastermind the revolt. With Washington's tacit consent, he supplies weapons and training to the Sudanese guerrilla bands of Garang, who went to university with Museveni and who even sent his own troops to fight. But Museveni is not just helping his buddies: he wants quiet, friendly borders in order to shut down three guerrilla groups that continue...
Some people find the whole process offensive. "Cookies represent a way of watching consumers without their consent, and that is a fairly frightening phenomenon," says Nick Grouf, CEO of Firefly, a Boston company that makes software offering an alternative approach to profiling, known as "intelligent agents...
...sure to wash it all down with a movie or two from Column B. The Senator Was Indiscreet, with 'Thin Man' William Powell, is a still-funny Washington lampoon from 1947, before we knew there was so much to satirize. Throw in star-studded Senate classic Advise and Consent for a briefer on the Weld mess. But if you're a campaign finance junkie, and you need a good Asian infiltration plot to get through the weekend, just go get The Manchurian Candidate. As a watchdog, committee chairman Fred Thompson has absolutely nothing on Chairman of the Board Frank Sinatra...
...such a change would require the consent of voters in western Canada. There the Reform Party leader, Preston Manning, campaigned specifically against such constitutional recognition for Quebec. In Canada's new Parliament, that position is likely to gain currency. "We have seen the true face of the rest of Canada, and it is Preston Manning," said a former Quebec politician last week...
...familiar TV gimmick: Watch the characters' eyes, not their lips. Though the television industry claims to still be in negotiations with Washington over a new rating system, it is ready to consent to Washington's wishes. ABC, CBS, FOX and cable are ready to make the most likely fix, adding (S)ex, (L)anguage and (V)iolence to the current system, but only when Congress offers some sort of assurance that this is the last campaign in the ratings war. "This really is a Kabuki dance in so many ways; my lips are saying no, but my eyes are saying...