Word: grouping
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Most important were two calls to U.N. Secretary-General Annan. A potential problem was brewing: Annan, who had remained on the sidelines, was suggesting that he appoint a group of negotiators to deal with Belgrade. Annan had been reliable from the outset in supporting the NATO position, which Albright appreciated. But the last thing she wanted was a pod of U.N.-anointed diplomats pushing compromises. "Kofi, we don't need negotiators running all over the place," she said. They agreed to keep discussing ways in which the U.N. envoys could be helpful in working on the political and humanitarian aspects...
...reasons for Null's popularity. Much of his health regimen is pretty sound stuff, a common-sense soup of exercise, herbalism, diet and more, all served up in an easy-to-understand style. What's more, Null does not seem motivated by profit. He leads a health-support group in Manhattan and charges nothing for enrollment, and despite fierce bidding for his manuscripts, he often chooses small publishers, and then may defer royalties to help make the project affordable. Null, says Bob Marty, producer of the PBS shows, is "a pretty generous...
...industrialist father giving money to charity while her housewife mother gave time. But now Crane is chief executive of the family's $150 million-a-year plastics company in Columbus, Ohio, and gives more than $50,000 a year to her favorite charities, like a local children's advocacy group. "I earned the money," she says. "I've never had any discomfort writing a check...
GOOD NEWS A group of musicians will record a song to benefit Kosovo refugees...
...Smith's forthcoming film Wild Wild West had to be big. As it turns out, big was an understatement. The final product is seven minutes long, and features 40 dancers, action sequences scored by a 50-piece orchestra and cameos by Stevie Wonder, Babyface, Enrique Iglesias and a group of tarantulas imported from Africa. "I've been working on this since December and sleeping in the editing bay the past three nights," Hunter said last week as he rushed to finish the video in time for its debut this week. Maybe next time he should consider vacationing in Kansas...