Word: control
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...appalling as the idea might sound, the U.S. government has essentially said that it is ready to supply money and weapons to the Khmer Rouge, a party that murdered over a million Cambodians while in power during the late 1970s, so that they may regain partial control of Cambodia...
...holds out hope that Prince Sihanouk willd be able to control the Khmer Rouge and effectively lead a democratic government in Phnom Penh. But the fact that he chooses to ally himself with a guerrilla group repulsive to the majority of Cambodians does not speak will of his political judgment. While Prince Sihanouk argues that the Khmer Rouge will continue fighting their guerilla war unless they are given some say in governing Cambodia, that hardly justifies negotiating with mass murderers...
...owner of Columbia, Sony will control a rich library of 2,700 films, including such Best Picture Academy Award winners as On the Waterfront (1954), Bridge on the River Kwai (1957), Lawrence of Arabia (1962) and Gandhi (1983). The company hopes to use that collection to boost sales of its new 8-mm videocassette equipment...
...Sony's chance to become one of the world's largest producers of what the entertainment industry calls "software" (movies, video and recorded music). Built on chairman and founder Akio Morita's devotion to technical innovation, Sony is diversifying into cultural products as the patriarch, 68, gradually hands over control of the company to president Norio Ohga, 59, an accomplished musician. While electronic goods account for 84% of Sony's current sales, the addition of Columbia will give the company a 60-40 split between hardware and software. Says Gordon Crawford, a senior vice president at Capital Research...
...capital-gains cut will undermine tax reform and ultimately boost the deficit, but Washington cannot say no to any kind of giveback. -- There is less than meets the eye to the rash of arms-control proposals. -- In Greenfield, Iowa, a newspaper marks its centennial and a rural community worries about its future...