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...more powerful than the council. He writes regulations and controls public works, public safety and city financing. Healy has successfully navigated the turbulent waters of city politics for 18 years, but he has fallen out of favor with several city councillors because of his lack of action to secure low-cost housing for city residents. Triantafillou was one of his most outspoken critics, but newcomer Braude is also in favor of putting more power in the hands of the council and so the election is not likely to influence the factions...

Author: By The CRIMSON Staff, | Title: Picking City Leadership | 11/8/1999 | See Source »

...Anyone who thinks he can make money on this is crazy," says Denver resident and time-share owner Jim Crigler. Resale values on shares are notoriously low--typically half the purchase price. In addition, annual maintenance fees, which average around $350, can be a drain. And condo associations can be dictatorial, complaining about such violations as too many plants on the balcony...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Are Time-Shares Worth It? | 11/8/1999 | See Source »

...barred-for-life stockbroker had been transformed by the tabloid press into a sort of postmodern James Bond villain--one part Goldfinger, one part Woody Allen. He had eluded authorities for four months while traveling with a retinue of women, as rumors spread of his living large while lying low. Law-enforcement officials at first suspected that he was in Israel, then Brazil, and finally admitted they had no idea where...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: On the Lam with Marty | 11/8/1999 | See Source »

...commander radioed back that he could retaliate with a pair of 500-lb. bombs. Once again an American pilot trained at a cost of $2.5 million had beaten the $14,000 bounty Saddam offers to any Iraqi who can down a U.S. jet. "People can say this is a low-intensity conflict," Loose said from his hardened bunker at Turkey's Incirlik Air Base. "But I can tell you that having somebody shoot at me definitely makes me feel like I'm at war. And I guarantee that the people I dropped bombs on feel they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Firing Blanks | 11/8/1999 | See Source »

...close to 12,000 missions, dropped some 1,200 bombs on nearly 300 targets and destroyed 139 anti-air artillery guns, 28 radars, 13 mobile surface-to-air missile launchers and 22 command sites--all without a single scratch on American property. For the most part, the Iraqis lie low and launch a flurry of flak, hoping to down a warplane and deliver a live pilot to Saddam. "If you're looking at the right place at the right time, you can see the muzzles flash," says Captain Brian Baldwin, an F-15 pilot. "They're looking for the golden...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Firing Blanks | 11/8/1999 | See Source »

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