Word: leveler
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...problem and on possible solutions," Cavellini said. Cavellini stressed the importance of increasing involvement on the part of city councillors and the community on the issue of rent control. He cited the need to pressure city council candidates to work actively for rent control at the state and local level...
...secretary general convened an urgent meeting of 18 foreign ministers Wednesday to plan for reconstruction in Kosovo, and appealed for member countries to supply personnel for a civilian police force for the beleaguered province. "The military isn?t trained to keep the peace when it comes to local-level confrontations between groups of two or three people," says TIME U.N. correspondent William Dowell. And with only half of the envisaged peacekeeping complement of 50,000 actually deployed so far, lawlessness and ethnic violence continue to plague the area. So far Annan has collected pledges for 1,900 cops -? including...
...sons who jammed Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J.--the largest crowd ever to watch a women's sporting event. Not only did the stylish Yanks trounce Denmark, 3-0, but the game also proved that women's soccer, and women's team sports, have reached a new level of skill and popularity. "It was awesome," said forward Kristine Lilly, "really awesome," a word that kept bouncing among the U.S. players. "The crowd was absolutely unbelievable," added superstar Mia Hamm. "It was awesome playing in front...
...small importance to Mrs. Clinton, who is gearing up to run for one of New York's U.S. Senate seats and faced the possibility of being called as a witness in the Hubbell case. For Starr, the plea bargain allows him to leave the public stage with a certain level of vindication after having repeatedly pursued Hubbell on Clinton-related matters. It also sweetens somewhat the bitter taste of recent defeats -- the acquittal and mistrial of Susan McDougal and the mistrial of Juliet Hiatt Steele. Of course, it is unlikely to change the verdict of Starr's critics, who believe...
...takes a while to get down to the level ofaccessible administrators. And by the time youreach it, you're far away from the so-calledpowers that...