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...determined are the peacemakers toiling to end Sri Lanka's 19-year civil war? On the eve of last week's peace talks in Oslo, the mother of a key mediator, Norwegian Deputy Foreign Minister Vidar Helgesen, died of cancer. Helgesen received a message from his father excusing him from the funeral. Don't worry about saying goodbye, he told his 34-year-old son. Stay there. Finish...
...week's end, Helgesen was close. Negotiators from the rebel Liberation Tamil Tigers of Eelam and the Sri Lankan government had made such remarkable progress that a return to the conflict?which has cost 64,000 lives since 1983?has become all but unthinkable. The turning point came Dec. 4, when Tiger negotiators abandoned their demand for a separate state. The next day, negotiators announced an outline for a new federal system allowing Tamil-speaking areas the right to "internal self-determination...
...executive suite, they feel less compelled to act like male alter egos. Some observers, in fact, see the emergence of a new style of management -- most frequently but not exclusively practiced by women -- that is less rigid and hierarchical, more open and inclusive, than the classic male approach. Sally Helgesen, author of The Female Advantage: Women's Ways of Leadership, calls it a feminine style of management. It is characterized, she says, by talking more frankly with employees, sharing information rather than withholding it and keeping the office door almost always open. Observes Juanita Kreps, a former Secretary of Commerce...
There were also a few events in which something like sportsmanship prevailed. Norway's Finn Helgesen set a new Olympic record of 43.1 seconds in the 500-meter skating race. Other winners...
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