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...desperate West Bank parents who have in such large numbers named their newborns "Saddam Hussein" have unwittingly branded a whole new generation of Palestinians with yet another badge of shame, for if there is one thing Israel cannot allow, it is a state of Saddam devotees existing on its doorstep...
...main reason for the modest upsurge in men in white is the pressure on two-income families with little time for shopping. The traditional reusable glass milk bottles delivered to the doorstep also please environmentally conscious customers. The new breed of milkmen have a lot of doorsteps left to visit: despite their return, says the United Dairy Industry Association, less than 1% of all milk sold in the U.S. is currently home-delivered...
What this film misses most is a character like Noah Cross, whom John Huston played with chilling false charm in Chinatown. The trail that led to him was as convoluted as the story line in this movie. But we knew all along the footprints had to arrive at his doorstep, and when they did, we confronted an unforgettable monster, whose political and economic immorality was of a piece with his sexual perversion. Dramatically he was an antagonist who functioned as a powerfully clarifying force, resolving, vivifying all the movie's ambiguities. There is just no one like him here, though...
...question concerns the millions of East Germans who rent. Wolfgang Ullmann, deputy president of the Volkskammer, the East German parliament, argues that renters should be compensated for improvements they have made to properties. Says he: "For years Western owners didn't care, and now they're back at the doorstep. Those people fled to prosperity...
Next she invited Ortega. At the end of their 90-minute discussion, the Sandinista leader stood beside Chamorro on her doorstep and announced, "I want to make it clear that on April 25 there will be a transfer of power." As a bonus concession, Ortega also announced that visa requirements for Americans seeking to enter Nicaragua had been lifted. Then the past and future Presidents hugged...