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...aircraft carriers. Other friendly Arab nations like Jordan, Egypt and Qatar need U.N. cover to deflect accusations that they are party to an attack on a brother Arab country. With U.N. sanction, it will be easier to convince ordinary Arabs that the war is legitimate and the fault is Saddam's. If the U.N. doesn't come through, the Administration is instead preparing to lead a "coalition of the willing." Italy, Australia, Poland, Spain, Qatar, Kuwait and, of course, best-pal Britain might all agree to take part in military action without a Security Council mandate...
Fennessy also held a casting call at Wellesley, which attracted over 900 students in search of silver-screen magic and an $81 daily stipend. Wellesley sophomore Laura Young, one of the 200 extras chosen, said the experience was authentic to a fault...
...evening has a fault, it's one it shares with "The Producer": this is an entertainment that knows exactly how fetching it is. The show is a little too sure of the pleasure it expects to give: virtually every song has a built-in encore. In high school, "Hairspray" would have been voted The Most Likely to Think It's the Most Likely to Succeed. The show is Amber pretending to be Tracy...
...municipalities are available to the needy. But poverty carries with it a social stigma, and many people are too ashamed to ask for help. "A strong work ethic is part of Swiss culture," says Brigitte Steimen, director of Swiss Labor Assistance. "Being poor is seen as one's own fault for not working hard enough." Diaz, who puts in 40 hours a week, has a healthy work ethic. But she says she is "too embarrassed to ask for handouts." Nevertheless, she doesn't regret emigrating to Switzerland: "It's not easy, but I would rather be poor here than...
...said Will Beuscher, the pink-shirted waiter, who is ponytailed and wizened and has a masters in education. The lamb appetizer ($9), served with hen of the woods mushrooms and red khuri squash puree, melted off the fork, cooked perfectly pink in the middle. Its only fault really was the overload of three slices where one would have whet the appetite sufficiently. Maws is good on side-of-the-plate gems. He serves hen of the woods mushrooms and watermelon radishes on the side of the pan-roasted skate wing ($19) and vegetables are spring-like even in late September...