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...chauffeur-driven Oldsmobile (he buys American and uses a cellular phone) pulls up to the curb in front of the eight-story brownstone, where staff members, still harboring paranoia left over from the days when the FBI tapped their lines and read their mail, answer the phone "4994" and dispatch envelopes without the party's name. Once in the building, Hall, a four-time presidential candidate, climbs into a creaky elevator for the slow ride to the top floor and its glass cases of dusty party memorabilia. In his office, he settles into a black recliner behind his desk...
...stay out of the way. Since the early 17th century, nations have been conducting commerce on the theory that lower tariffs mean lower prices for consumers, higher profits for merchants and greater prosperity for all. Countries that are busily shipping goods across their borders may be less likely to dispatch armies. And opening markets to imports is a way of opening societies to ideas...
...ingredient in the Vietnam-era defoliant Agent Orange, can cause epidemics of cancer. But Vernon Houk, the federal official who recommended the Times Beach evacuation, is no longer sure. Recent studies suggest that the chemical may not be so dangerous. In an interview with the St. Louis Post- Dispatch, Houk declared, "We should have been more up front with the Times Beach people and told them, 'We're doing our best with the estimates of the risk, but we may be wrong.' I think we never added 'but we may be wrong...
Civilian authorities were ill positioned to impose a truce; a sense of powerlessness was endemic. Many admitted being as shocked as the rest of the world by Adzic's bellicose statement and by the dispatch of the menacing column toward Croatia's border. Asked if he thought Adzic was a loyal supporter of the federal government, Prime Minister Ante Markovic retorted, "I don't know, you'll have to ask him. Why are you asking...
...entity separate from the British firm, had earlier performed another fascinating audit. TIME viewed an Oct. 18, 1985, Report of the Auditors to the Members of International Credit & Investment Co. (Overseas) Ltd., which said, "Customer deposits consist of confidential accounts which are not conducted as open accounts requiring periodic dispatch of statements. Furthermore, because of company policy we have not been able to confirm any deposit balances directly with customers, and therefore it is not possible for our examination of such accounts to extend beyond the amounts recorded." With this highly unusual qualification, the firm signed off on the accounts...