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...Most Kuwaitis were spoiled beyond imagination," says Saud Nasser al- Sabah, Kuwait's ambassador to the U.S. Except at KPC and the investment office, lean and mean because they were (and still are) the lifeblood of the country, merit counted for nothing. "There was no accountability," says Khalifa, "because government employees were promoted automatically. It was impossible to fire civil servants. Several years ago the parliament passed an amazing law. In effect, it said that if someone was performing poorly, he would have been fired. But, says this law, since he was not fired, then by definition he was performing...
...hard core of convincing rationale in what he has said from the beginning. Immediately after Saddam's invasion of Kuwait, Bush stated that if the aggression is allowed to "stand," it will invite more such outrages around the world and give Saddam an unacceptable degree of control over the lifeblood of the world economy. (To denigrate the importance of oil with talk of "cheap gas" is itself a cheap debating tactic.) From the very day of the invasion, the explicit objective of U.S. policy has been not just deterrence of further Iraqi expansion but also the rollback of Iraq from...
Proponents contend that direct mail is the most efficient way to organize and rally support for public causes. "How else do you communicate with people?" asks Peter Bahouth, executive director of Greenpeace USA. "For better or worse, it's the lifeblood of the community." Advocates argue that direct mail actually fosters democracy. "It is a very decentralizing force," says Roger Craver of Falls Church, Va., who raises money through the mails for liberal causes. "In many ways, it has revolutionized American politics...
Country singer k.d. lang may sound like a cowgal, but she doesn't think like one. In a series of TV spots to be aired in the fall, the Grammy winner takes aim at the very lifeblood of cattle country. "If you knew how meat was made, you'd probably lose your lunch," says lang as part of a "Meat Stinks" campaign launched by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, a group that opposes most uses of animals other than for companionship...
...once dominant American oil companies are now being challenged on their home turf. For almost three decades after World War II, the great international oil companies based in the U.S. and Europe controlled the supply of the world economy's lifeblood. At the peak of their clout in the 1960s, the renowned Seven Sisters -- British Petroleum, Gulf, Esso (now Exxon), Mobil, Royal Dutch/Shell, Standard Oil of California (now Chevron) and Texaco -- ruled with unquestioned authority. They discovered crude oil in the Middle East and Asia, shipped it to the developed world in their own tankers, processed it in their...