Word: libya
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...political reporter covering both the Bush and Clinton presidencies, Duffy developed a reputation as a maverick with a knack for finding the unturned stone in even the most thoroughly trodden beat--most notably in 1986, when he broke the details of a top-secret U.S. attack on Libya 36 hours before the strike occurred. He's also adept at turning a story's thesis on its head, if that's what the facts demand. "Duffy's strength is that he has perfect radar," says senior editor Priscilla Painton. "He can instinctively sense where the story is going next and what...
After the Million Man March on Washington, which got him on last year's list, LOUIS FARRAKHAN trekked across the Middle East and Africa. He dropped in on Libya's Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, who promised $1 billion in support of minority business ventures in this country. Whether Gaddafi would make good was a moot point: U.S. sanctions against Libya blocked acceptance. Last year PATTY STONESIFER directed Microsoft's move from software into "content," meaning movie-quality games, online publications like Slate and news services like msnbc, a step that will change the shape of news and entertainment. In December...
Should we abandon our sanctions against rogue terrorist-sponsoring nations such as Iran, Libya, and Syria in the Wilsonian hope that we will make them "safe for democracy?" (The U.S. is, incidentally, conspicuously alone in the crusade against these nations as well.) Were we not right to have imposed economic sanctions against South Africa during Apartheid in spite of the negative economic effects of the sanctions for both the United States and South Africa...
...shaking hands with American tourists and posing for photos with French schoolchildren. Nor did her punchiness wane inside government buildings. Capitalizing on her reputation for straight talk, the Secretary of State told Italian leaders yesterday that she's disturbed by Italy's cozy commercial relationship with "rogue states" Iran, Libya and Cuba. At a press conference in Bonn, Albright took on the high-profile debate over German treatment of the Church of Scientology, dismissing as "historically inaccurate and totally distasteful" criticism that the measures being taken against Scientologists are reminiscent of Nazi treatment of the Jews. Stopping next in Paris...
...prepare a list of survivors and first-generation children, seek information on financial need and disburse all the money. No documentation other than who was a survivor and who is in need would be required. Until this situation is resolved, people should treat Switzerland the same way they do Libya, Iran or any other outlaw nation. BILL CASELLO Ann Arbor, Michigan Via E-mail...