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That is easier said than done. Plans for a London meeting were aborted when British authorities refused Abdi a visa. He has had to make his preparations in utmost secrecy lest Iran's still powerful hard-liners detain him before his departure for France. Once a fervent supporter of Iran's clerical regime, Abdi was arrested in 1993 and spent nearly a year in prison for criticizing the mullahs' aversion to democracy...
...televised group discussion, you have to pay rapt attention lest the moderator call on you. I was rapt, all right, but I also found myself observing the plain good-heartedness at the table. I wondered with pleasure: Are we getting there, though we don't yet know it? Here were 10 people of all colors gathered around the well-being of America. The country mattered to us. We mattered to us. Nothing else was won, but for now I'll take...
...children, no U.S. network would give Henson a show of his own. It was a British producer, Lew Grade, who finally offered Henson the financing that enabled him to mount The Muppet Show. The program ran in syndication from 1976 until 1981, when Henson decided to end it lest its quality begin to decline. At its peak it was watched each week by 235 million viewers around the world. Stars from Steve Martin to Rudolf Nureyev appeared as guest hosts, and the show launched the career of Miss Piggy, the vain, tres sophistiquee female who was besotted with Kermit...
...country will see a young player whoseems to have the complete package--she can spotup or shoot off the dribble with ease, she tearsdown rebounds with reckless abandon, she cananchor herself in the post, but defenders can'tplant their feet too firmly when guarding her onthe perimeter, lest they get burned by a drive tothe hole...
...audience in Silicon Valley's cabal of anti-Gates activists, who have spent the past year aiding and abetting a DOJ investigation that was going nowhere before they stepped in and started guiding it last summer. A source close to the project told TIME how, under guarantees of anonymity lest Gates learn of their betrayal, Microsoft's rivals (and some of its partners) led Justice to specific documents and officials at one firm after another. "We knew whom to direct Justice to at IBM, Compaq and Gateway, because we'd all shared beers at computer conferences together," says an informant...