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...much larger peacekeeping challenge in the Democratic Republic of Congo. U.S. Ambassador Richard Holbrooke, leading a Security Council delegation, secured reluctant agreement last week from Congo's warring parties to accept peacekeepers. But the spectacle of Secretary-General Kofi Annan scrambling to quell what he called Sankoh's "flagrant violation" of Sierra Leone's peace accord raised doubts about U.N. efforts anywhere in Africa...
Since then, Sprewell has been a favorite among New York's hard-hearted fans, who have embraced his maturity and industry. He still blazes with intensity--his suffocating defense on Carter included a flagrant but not malicious foul that floored Air Canada. But Spree leaves it all on the court, and even NBA commissioner David Stern has had kind words for him. It's Sprewell's face, after all, that the League elected to represent the Knicks in its playoff commercials. "I'm glad I was able to turn it around," Sprewell told reporters last week. "It could have easily...
This week RUF forces have killed 7 U.N. peacekeepers and kidnapped 500. The RUF is no stranger to violence, as they have become a group notorious for flagrant human rights abuse. To intervene in the growing conflict and human rights violations, the United Nations sent an envoy of peacekeepers to enforce a peace accord between the rebels and the government signed last year. But the effort has been largely unsuccessful and has cast further doubt on the efficacy of U.N. peacekeeping methods...
...himself in better position for a second presidential bid? That remains to be seen. But if the results of the Bush-McCain tea party are in any way as predicted, we ought not to view it as an aberration from the norm but as his most flagrant waffle yet and absolute proof of his real agenda...
...Chilton and Somerset are primarily social. Even discussing business in the morning room used to bring a waiter with a silver platter and a small card asking the offender to refrain. “Even now,” says Minturn, “flagrant displays of briefcases and papers, are frowned upon.” Cell phones are a cardinal sin. At the Algonquin, on the other hand, there are no such qualms. “It is a business club,” scoffs one member of the Tavern. The St. Botolph and Tavern Clubs are considered...