Word: interest
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...between them shortlived." Moscow and Beijing are expected to conclude a deal this week in which Russia will sell a large number of SU-30 jet fighters and other military hardware to China. Although border disputes had fueled their feud during the 1960s, both countries also now share an interest in resolving those and developing a common approach to Islamic secessionist challenges. Most important, though, Moscow and Beijing share an intense resentment at being relegated by Washington to the role of character actors on the international stage. Where Mao?s doctrine of "The enemy of my enemy is my friend...
...will be asked repeatedly about your divorce. You will spend hours trying to figure out the difference between a first cousin once removed and a second cousin. You will feign interest in opera, NASCAR and gun collecting. You will, in all probability, have a wonderful time...
When VH1 programming chief Jeff Gaspin came up with the idea for a documentary series that would help resurrect his then flagging network, he didn't anticipate that the show would also help resurrect his musician subjects' careers. But with its addictive human-interest stories of adversity (bankruptcies, addictions, arsons!) and redemption (rehab, comebacks, band reunions!), Behind the Music has done both...
...past two months. The Russians have been furious both about attacks on their own personnel and over the continuing ethnic cleansing targeted against the province?s dwindling Serb population. "If there?s a concerted attack on the Russian forces in Kosovo now, they?ll likely return fire with interest," says Meier. And while that might be exactly what KLA hard-liners want, it could make the Kosovo peacekeeping mission a political nightmare for NATO. Russian defense and foreign ministry statements warned last Friday that Moscow may consider pulling out of KFOR. But that wouldn?t be the easy victory...
...Price Index had risen a reasonable 0.3 percent in July (and an even more reasonable 0.2 percent excluding volatile food and energy prices). The morning news sparked a comfortable little rally based on a comfortable little assumption: When the Fed meets on August 24, Alan Greenspan will nudge up interest rates by a quarter point, and just a quarter point. "If you look at the general slope of the numbers, it?s apparent that inflation pressures are picking up a little," says TIME senior economics reporter Bernard Baumohl. "It?s not out of control, but it gives...