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...Michael Jackson. His troubles have made l'affaire Woody a quaint and distant memory. The year began well for Jackson -- a performance at Clinton's pre- Inaugural gala, a Super Bowl half-time spectacle, a TV chat with Oprah that conveyed to tens of millions the impression that he was just a regular guy who was dating Brooke Shields -- but then came the summer of disaster. Charges of child molestation, criminal inquiries, an abandoned world tour, lawsuits, drug addiction, a bizarre disappearance and mysterious return have brought real- world, grownup horror to the owner of Neverland Ranch -- horror he eventually...
...learning are stuck. The new mainstay of the economy, the Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands, is not recruiting people whose paltry work skills consist of helping out in the family garden or running a betel-nut stall. Boredom and mischief await those who come to the capital from distant provinces. Social workers and police describe growing alienation and crime. On the main island of Guadalcanal, there's the allied scourge of substance abuse, involving a potent moonshine known as kwaso. With about half the Solomons' population of 525,000 aged under 18, the waste of young lives...
...human resources are stretched too thin for either task to be completed anytime soon. For far too long, Afghanistan has been pushed out of the spotlight. I hope our mission there will regain the attention it needs so we can be successful in that country in the not too distant future. Renee Masilon Darmstadt, Germany...
...products such as mini-Cabbage Patch “Pop Star” dolls, because “American Idol” is certainly fitting for a decidedly plump, dimpled kneed figure.My vastly growing 1980s children’s movies collection is sure to ensure that in the very distant future, my children will live warped little lives where they understand nothing of current programming, because I will have deemed it unworthy and instead they will be enriched by what I deem the real classics. But if sales are still going strong, maybe I will buy them that Care Bear...
...form of sanctions, could undermine his authority at home--a thought that has sent Syrians into a quiet frenzy of speculation. What was once imponderable--the end of the Assad family's 35-year hold on power--is suddenly being discussed as if it is a real, if still distant, possibility. "People are edgy, jumpy and scared," says Marwan al-Kabalan of the Center for Strategic Studies at Damascus University. "This is the most serious crisis in the recent history of Syria...