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...company, Aware Records, here in Chicago. Though I could do many of the tasks I'm doing it in an environment that is making me very happy. I'm not working 100-hour weeks, I'm not wearing an uncomfortable suit, and I'm not working for people I detest. I could, in fact, work that way if I so needed, but I don't think I--or anyone--needs that...
...exploit the West's hesitation. Diplomats who thought that Dayton showed they "could work with him" discovered he rarely works well with anyone. He enjoyed his combat with Richard Holbrooke, whose status as special American envoy to the Balkans he considered worthy of attention. But he is said to detest Secretary of State Madeleine Albright as the archetype of all those trying to do in the Serbs. Pride drives the man, says a Western diplomat, "and rational analysis may not matter if he is humiliated in the process...
...kind of report embassy security officers detest. A warning that tells you everything and nothing. Nevertheless, extra guards were posted at the front and back of the building, and nervous security officers convinced their ambassador, Prudence Bushnell, to fire off a letter to Albright warning that the embassy was vulnerable to car bombs. But Nairobi's remained low on the priority list of embassies due for major security upgrades...
That was the dream. Reality, however, had other ideas. I just couldn't get my network to work, and the instruction manual was woefully devoid of troubleshooting tips. Cursing foully, I called Diamond customer support. I detest manufacturers that don't provide toll-free support to help fix their poorly designed or documented products. Diamond had me wait five minutes--on my long-distance dollar--listening to something called WOHN (the World on Hold Network, believe it or not), before the tech guy picked up. Phone number? he asked. I hissed it. Name? he asked. I hissed it. "Hmmm...
...common ground with public school teachers." As fed up as many Americans are with the sorry state of the country's public schools, they have generally regarded teachers as the good guys: the ones who stay late, who buy textbooks out of their meager salaries. So while Republicans still detest the two formidable teachers' unions--the National Education Association and the American Federation of Teachers--for their fealty to the Democrats, they know better than to sound anti-teacher. "When it comes right down to it, people like teachers," boasts A.F.T. president Sandra Feldman. "And they think they deserve...