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...bases for the full complement of an expected 20,000 American soldiers. "They will be protected by air cover, but there's no doubt they are expecting isolated sniping and terrorist incidents," says TIME's Massimo Calabresi. "Right now they don't foresee the Bosnian Serb Army trying to mount any resistance. The Serbs have not likely forgotten the pounding they took earlier this year." Calabresi adds, however, that the Bosnian Serb military commander General Ratko Mladic, who is also under indictment by the International War Crimes Tribunal, still has not been seen...
...competition was not what these bankers wanted--competition would destroy their monopoly on the lucrative student loan market. They quickly began to mount a campaign against direct student lending. One of their attempts to defeat the new system was to turn public opinion against it. This was done by sponsoring intentionally biased polls and placing dishonest editorials in newspapers such as The Washington Times. One of the most distorted polls was conducted by Frank Luntz, a conservative pollster with a history of ethical bankruptcy...
Security officials interpreted the relatively untroubled election as proof that the Islamist rebels were too weak to mount a major attack. The army has hit the G.I.A. and other armed groups hard since last spring, and the guerrillas have reportedly lost control of three outlying regions. In Algiers G.I.A. members still extort protection money in the "triangle of death," as the slums to the east of the city are known, but thousands of Algerians have fled areas of conflict. The young assassins who stalk victims with knives and pistols in the capital's center are fewer in number. "Some were...
More than 60 world leaders, including President Clinton and former Presidents Jimmy Carter and George Bush, gathered in Jerusalem as assassinated Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin was laid to rest on Mount Herzl, burial ground of Israeli heroes. Grieving Israelis exhausted the country's supply of mourning candles and stood weeping as a two-minute siren sounded. p.l.o. Chairman Yasser Arafat, who did not attend the funeral, later made a quiet 90-minute visit to Tel Aviv to offer condolences to Rabin's widow Leah...
...troubles continue to mount for Congresswoman Enid Waldholtz. Tuesday, the Utah Republican filed from divorce from her husband Joe, who has been missing since Saturday amid a federal investigation for possible campaign finance violations. Wednesday, Enid Waldholtz was under media fire for failing to explain how she came up with $1.8 million in personal cash that many believe was the decisive factor in her 1994 victory over Democrat Karen Shepherd. Waldholtz maintains that the money came from family sources, but opponents question whether the money came from the estate of her husband's mentally incapacitated grandmother. Joe Waldholtz is suspected...