Word: effort
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McVeigh has evidently agreed to Jones' effort to win him a life sentence, but if he were true to his beliefs, he should welcome the hangman (or hypodermic man). For years, the book he has cherished is The Turner Diaries, a fictional account of an uprising by a courageous band of white supremacists. Earl Turner, the hero, does not flinch at the idea of dying for his cause. Indeed, in the book's final pages he joyfully embraces this fate. "Brothers!" he says, addressing an elite group called the Order. "When I entered your ranks for the first time...
...have direct influence on the fortunes of Haney's company; Haney had all the right connections. His lobbyist, Peter Knight, is the hub of Gore's political circle. He ran Gore's House and Senate office for years, helped finance his campaigns and chaired the Clinton-Gore re-election effort in 1996. In Knight, Haney also had a solid link to Tom Grumbly, who worked for Gore in the 1980s and became the assistant Energy Department secretary in charge of its multibillion-dollar nuclear-waste cleanup program. From where he stood between Haney and Grumbly, Knight came up with...
...phones, computers and a high-tech alarm system that guards against eavesdropping microphones. A nine-member team of detectives and assistant prosecutors will work out of the suite, which has a private entrance. The union between these sometimes antagonistic agencies was instigated by Hunter as a go-for-broke effort to bring greater focus to the often discombobulated 5 1/2-month-old investigation. Hunter's agents have broadened their attention beyond the Ramseys to other possible suspects. While Hunter still calls JonBenet's parents the "obvious focus," he told TIME that "there are 500 to 600 leads, from minor to major." Chasing...
...five decades of effort to defend and rebuild Europe have been a triumph for America. So it was understandable that a touch of triumphalism echoed over Bill Clinton's visit to Europe last week. While colossal headaches were awaiting him at home, over there it was pure pomp and celebration. On Tuesday at a signing ceremony at the Elysee Palace in Paris, he portrayed the new agreement between Russia and NATO as the gateway to a golden era of East-West cooperation. In the Hague the next day, he and the assembled leaders of Europe marked the 50th anniversary...
...Republic of Congo: After airlifting about 100 foreign residents over the weekend to nearby Kinshasa, Congo, the U.S. Embassy is desperately trying to negotiate a cease-fire so that some two dozen American citizens holed up in the embassy compound can reach the airport and flights out. The evacuation efforts are taking place amid continued intensive fighting between militiamen loyal to deposed military leader Gen. Denis Sassou-Nguesso and beleagured troops loyal to President Pascal Lissouba who are struggling for control of Brazzaville. Bracing itself for the worst, France, which has already lost one soldier in the clash, today deployed...