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...Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, President of the Philippines, went further. "We will give all-out support," she vowed, promising whatever is asked, including troops. Like Megawati, Arroyo risks being labeled a lackey for America by political enemies. Of more worry, the Philippines carries a reputation as a terrorist and money-laundering locale. A bin Laden brother-in-law helped set up Abu Sayyaf, the gratuitously violent separatist group from the southern island of Mindanao. To date, Abu Sayyaf has outfought, outsmarted and, on occasion, paid off Philippine law enforcement. It is well funded, well armed and, observers fear, primed for regional...
Welcome to the world of Bridget Jones, a neurotic 32-year-old publishing lackey whose life would be complete if she could only reduce the circumference of her thighs by three inches (1.5 inches each), visit the gym three times a week (not merely to buy a sandwich) and form a functional relationship with a responsible adult. Created by journalist Helen Fielding for a weekly column in the London Independent, Bridget Jones and her Diary quickly became a literary phenomenon as her obsession with her weight, alcohol and cigarette consumption and desire to land a man struck a nerve with...
...journalist Sid Blumenthal--all of whom treated politics as war and were ready to "go to the mattresses" at the drop of a subpoena. Adieu, gentlemen! And adieu, as well, to Vernon Jordan, the dapper consigliere; Albright and Reno, female bodyguards for the Little Rock Don; and George Stephanopoulos, lackey-turned-traitor-turned-pundit, who played Fredo to Clinton's Michael Corleone, and broke his brother's heart...
...unify the ideologically diverse Democratic ranks, Gephardt downplayed his opposition to free-trade pacts without protections for labor, an issue dear to the Missourian's heart for years as he watched manufacturing jobs flee the Midwest. On corporate tax breaks, he started sounding like a Chamber of Commerce lackey in order to raise millions for his party from the technology industry. And he passed on running for President...
...tough challenge to find a running mate for Gore. It can't be anyone smarter, better looking or more charismatic than Al, someone who might outshine him. And it can't be anybody who would ever disagree with him. Can you imagine the sort of lackey the Democrats will have to dredge up? JAMES A. REYNOLDS III Houston