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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...freshman year in high school, a friend came into school the morning after the Smith incident wearing a sign around his neck that read, "I am NOT talking about the game...
...ideas of input-output greatly helped administrators and researchers understand economics, and increase levels of efficiency and profitability," said Robert Dorfman, Wells Professor of Political Economy and a close friend of Leontief...
...King told almost no one that he had returned home intending to replace his brother. His deteriorating health, says a friend, tipped the job to Abdullah over the unseasoned Hamzah, who might have been seen as his American mother's puppet. When Hussein broadcast hints of a change two weeks ago, Hassan dashed off a letter pleading his case, adding "I submit to your will." The King responded by sending the army chief to tell his brother he was no longer destined for the throne...
...somejuicy gossip, I may accidentally spill it. But Itry not to tell anyone associated with thesubject. Telling one person--someone to whom theinformation is of little consequence--can be likea vaccination against further outbursts. Forexample, I may tell my roommate about a friendfrom home who hooked up with another friend ofours. I spread the gossip only, but keep myselffrom telling other high school friends...
...Such setbacks spurred Hussein's transition from warrior-king to philosopher-king. To his friends he was loyal but never afraid to speak frankly. To adversaries he was a voice of reason who could be trusted to keep his word -- a rare quality in the politics of the Middle East. Hussein's moderation, and the respect he enjoyed among friend and foe, made him the pivotal figure in the most recent turn of the peace process, when he rose from his sickbed at the Mayo clinic to coax Yasser Arafat and Benjamin Netanyahu to conclude a deal...