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While Witcher and Wing had to launch furious comebacks, other Crimson players didn't even give their opponents a chance to make things interesting. No. 2 Margaret Elias dominated All-American Janine...
...past, North Korea's main exports were missiles?either shipped surreptitiously to other rogue nations or shot off launch pads to scare Japan and the rest of the world. The missile industry could well be shut down if North Korea's Dear Leader Kim Jong Il cuts a deal with the worried West; former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright tried to hurry along such a pact during her visit to Pyongyang in October. In 1994, North Korea mothballed its nuclear weapons program in exchange for oil, aid and a pair of nuclear power reactors from the U.S., Japan...
...contacted by TIME, Sloan admitted, "I don't have a scientific background. I'm pure business. I'd be lying if I said I wasn't here to make a dollar out of it. But I would like to see organ cloning become a reality." He was inspired to launch the business, he says, after a young cousin died of leukemia. "There's megadollars involved, and everyone is racing to be the first," he says. As for his own slice of the pie, Sloan says he just sold his firm to a French company, which he refuses to name...
...Israel launched the campaign in 1995 after Rich offered to help launch a private investment bank and other joint economic developments aimed at furthering the peace process. Israeli officials saw the international commodity trader as someone who could foster Israeli-Arab business activity. "Given Rich's ties to the oil world, he was considered particularly suited to this task," the memo says...
...Rich indicated he was "severely limited" in his ability to help because "his freedom of movement in countries outside Switzerland and Israel" was restricted. The memo says Israel decided to launch a "confidential initiative" with U.S. officials to "see whether the harshness of Marc Rich's situation could be relieved. In turn, it was anticipated that Rich could then play an important role in the economic development of the region, thereby helping to solidify the peace process...