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YEHIA AYYASH WAS AN EXTRAORDINARILY CAREFUL MAN. He had to be, to endure three years in the No. 1 slot on Israeli security's most wanted list. Called "the Engineer" for his bombmaking expertise, Ayyash never allowed others to fix the time or place of an appointment. Only he determined his comings and goings...
...South, Renaissance exploded into public consciousness when it served as a social launching pad for an ambitious Arkansas Governor named Bill Clinton. By the '90s, the intellectually stimulating but marginally too empathetic convocation of Volvo-driving superachievers was drawing six Southern Governors, a Supreme Court Justice and a waiting list of hundreds...
...China last month again threatened to use force should Taiwan opt for independence. Last week Beijing announced the names of the 150 people who will make up the Preparatory Committee, a panel that will shepherd Hong Kong's transition to Chinese rule over the next 18 months. China's list was dominated by businessmen certain to do Beijing's bidding, whereas liberals had hoped a more representative body would be appointed. U.S. officials say all this behavior complicates relations between the U.S. and China, especially since the level of goodwill is already...
...city where bureaucrats fear their own shadows, Kessler is an anomaly. He seems to make decisions not for political expediency but because he sincerely believes he is doing right. In the process, he has amassed a list of powerful foes that would make lesser men pack up and leave town. He has enraged the tobacco industry, the vitamin industry and the medical-device industry. A self-described Republican, he has alienated most of Congress's Republican majority, including Utah Senator Orrin Hatch, his former boss and mentor. Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich has called him a "bully...
...crackdown, however, sent a chill through the Internet community, which spent much of 1995 fighting what appears to be a losing battle against a U.S. bill that would criminalize "indecent" computer messages. The new restriction confirmed the net's worst fears about what may lie ahead: Germany's little list included sexuality support groups for the handicapped and a bulletin board for homosexuals that has served as a lifeline for thousands of gay youth...