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...intercepting 3,247 boat people in 70 boats. The U.S. also sent potential firepower: four amphibious Navy warships, with 2,000 Marines on board. The troops ostensibly will helpevacuate U.S. citizens, should that be needed. TIME Defense correspondent Mark Thompson adds the U.S. decision to send warships into the fray can also help the Coast Guard handle the refugee surge and underscore U.S. resolve. Indeed, the warships are sending a signal that the U.S. may be preparing for an invasion, but special envoy to Haiti, Bill Gray, denies it. parpar
...firm. In a memorandum filed with the Justice Department, the lawyers claimed that Ticketmaster's control over tickets and its exclusive contracts with most of the leading concert arenas constitute anticompetitive behavior that enables it to prop up prices. Soul Asylum, another popular alternative-rock band, jumped into the fray. By week's end Garth Brooks, Neil Young, U2 and Bad Religion had lined up with Pearl Jam, saying they supported Pearl Jam's cause. Says Kelly Curtis, Pearl Jam's manager: "All the band wants to do is to be able to tour with a cheap ticket price." While...
Maya Prabhu was going to be a low-profile council member--one of the quiet, hardworking types who spends her time on administrative initiatives and stays out of the political fray. She went to CORE committee meetings, worked to increase intellectual life in the houses. And then, sophomore year, came the date rapeissue...
...Clinton did not stop there. Alarmed at the impasse over health-care reform, he broke with his strategy of remaining above the fray in Congress. On Thursday and Friday, Clinton engaged Finance Committee members of both parties in one-on-one meetings and phone calls, seeking to discover what sort of compromise might win majority support. That is normally the chairman's job. However, said a Clinton aide, "this let-them-write-it-themselves stuff did not seem to work too well...
...would like to commend Carey publicly for staying above the fray and staying true to his beliefs. Because if it were me who was being unjustly attacked by Anjalee and others, I would have my lawyers on their case for libel and slander. But Carey's not like that...