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...much pent-up demand," says Jennifer Fox, managing director of the Hotel Inter-Continental Hong Kong, where, as at any Asian hotel, the crisis over severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) has induced an uneasy stasis. "Once the World Health Organization's travel advisory is lifted, we'll get a flood of corporate travelers in one hit." As luck would have it, the very next day Fox got her wish about the travel advisory on Hong Kong. No word yet, though, on a surge of road warriors...
...Iranian oil, and the U.S. joined them. No international oil company would buy Iran's oil. The Iranians had no independent system for delivering it. They had no technical skills to produce it, since the British had long relegated Iranian workers to menial jobs. Even when Mossadegh threatened to flood the world with half-price oil, he was able to deliver only a trickle because of the economic blockade. As the Iranian government withered, the Eisenhower Administration cut off foreign aid. Unrest followed, and angry citizens took to the streets. This prompted suggestions that the communists were coming, even though...
...University press release issued last month attributed the reversal in policy in part to logistical concerns over a flood of applications...
...neighbors and two largest donor countries, China and South Korea, would have to be persuaded to participate. Neither country can make the decision lightly. The South Koreans are terrified that sanctions could lead to an all-out war. If Kim's government collapses instead, a tide of refugees will flood China and South Korea. But even Kim's friends appear to be losing patience. China, North Korea's largest trade partner and donor and its closest ally, is as afraid of a nuclear-armed North as it is of refugees. Beijing was infuriated by the North's obstreperousness...
...HUPD officers responded to a report of smoke in the area of Dunster House. Officers determined that the smoke had been caused by a flood in the basement. Facilities Maintenance Operations was called to the scene and workers repaired the problem...