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Unlike many of my fellow alumni, that has never been a problem I've had to contend with personally I'm young, I live in the city, and I'm a professional, but nobody would ever argue I'm a Yuppie--I just don't make enough money. My friend Richard and I were discussing our persistent poverty recently. Richard, who is now editor of a respected Boston weekly newspaper, enlightened me about our status: "We're definitely Puppies," he told me. "Poor Urban Professionals." Of course I laughed, but Richard was right...
...four sources, including an Israeli intelligence officer who had access to notes taken at one of the meetings. This source, according to Halevy, said that Bashir's father, at the Sept. 15 meeting with Sharon, declared that his son's death should be avenged. The plaintiffs lawyers contend that Halevy fabricated the story...
...jurisdiction must be resolved. The American lawyers representing Bhopal clients argue that suits can be brought in the U.S. because Union Carbide India is 51% owned by the Union Carbide Corp. of the U.S. and is thus an agent of the parent firm. The U.S. corporation, they further contend, is responsible for the Indian plant's design and safety program. Cautioned Hoyt, who has represented Union Carbide in other matters: "Just because you have equity in a company doesn't mean that company is your agent." The plant in India, he suggested, might have been "fairly autonomous...
...rebels contend that the future is not that bleak. The Nicaraguan Democratic Force (FDN), the largest of the guerrilla groups, has about 6,000 troops, up from 4,500 a year ago, deep inside Nicaragua. FDN Leader Adolfo Calero Portocarrero says he is close to Unking forces with the Revolutionary Democratic Alliance (ARDE), another contra group operating in southern Nicaragua. The chiefs of two Miskito Indian rebel groups remain at odds, but disgruntled commanders in both camps are trying to forge an alliance on the battlefield. Though many divisions remain, the FDN is gradually exerting its control over the entire...
Some U.S. officials contend that the contras will be in danger of extinction next year unless they receive more § arms. According to Washington, the Sandinistas are assembling up to a dozen Soviet-made Mi-24 Hind helicopters capable of flying some 200 m.p.h. and carrying air-to-surface missiles. To counter the lethal gunships, the rebels would need Redeye or SA-7 antiaircraft missiles. A member of the intelligence community points out that the FDN already has run out of ammunition for its grenade launchers, M-60 machine guns and antitank weapons, and must rely almost entirely on hand...