Word: deale
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While few details were known about last week's discussions, the two sides agreed to the establishment of a mediation commission under Mobutu's chairmanship to deal with "technical" issues and to meet again in Zimbabwe in August. Zambian President Kenneth Kaunda, who sat in on the talks, said afterward that Savimbi would leave Angola for voluntary exile. Other participants doubted that, however, assuming that Savimbi would want to stay on the scene to keep UNITA alive as a political movement. The biggest obstacle to a final agreement may arise if Dos Santos remains determined to preserve Angola's Marxist...
...began in 1987 when his company added to its string of petrochemical plants, buying at bargain prices. Sterling and its partners gambled $1 billion on these plants, which were assembled into a single firm known as Cain Chemical. Last year Sterling sold the package to Occidental Petroleum in a deal that was valued at $2.2 billion. Cain shared his bounty ! with some 1,350 employees, who took home a total of $537 million...
While the political parties continue to look for a possible deal, the business of Greece has come to a halt. Since there is no elected head of government, President Christos Sartzetakis will represent Greece at this week's European summit in Madrid. Negotiations with the U.S. for a new agreement on American military bases in Greece must await a functioning government. A long-overdue austerity program is also on hold. "The country is running itself now," said Parliament member George Voulgarakis...
...American flag, that most inspiring of the nation's icons, has come to symbolize a great deal in its 212 years. It celebrates the country's history, its freedoms, and the battles fought to secure those freedoms. It embodies, often in an intensely emotional way, the love and loyalty most Americans feel for their country. It stands for the unity of one nation and for the individual rights of each citizen. And now, because of a landmark ruling by a deeply divided Supreme Court, the American flag represents a land where people have the right to burn the American flag...
...that end, Time and Warner on June 16 converted their original debt-free stock swap into a leveraged takeover bid in which Time would buy Warner for a total of up to $14 billion in cash and securities, a step that, among other things, eliminated the need for the deal to be approved by Time stockholders...