Word: musa
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...shop counter has everything from summer school brochures to shuttle schedules. Musa Goldberg, originally from Russia, has worked at the info center for eight and a half years. She explains, "We sell maps [$1], selfguides [$4.95], Harvard calendars [$12], and Harvard postcards...
...MERCEDES. Shortly after the tragedy, there was a flurry of articles in the French press, quoting anonymous Ritz chauffeurs, claiming that the Mercedes S-280 had recently suffered a serious accident and had to be totally rebuilt. The accident story is false, says Jean-Francois Musa, 38, manager of the Etoile Limousine company, which leased the car to the Ritz. But he told TIME it is true that the car was stolen in front of the posh Taillevent restaurant on April 20 and was found in a Paris suburb...
...apparently stolen by professionals for parts," says Musa. "Mainly small electronic motors, switches and circuits." Devices ripped out included those that controlled the windows, power steering and antilock braking system. The car was repaired by a Paris Mercedes dealer at a cost of more than $20,000, Musa reports, adding that at the time it was totally checked out and showed no mechanical problems. On July 7 it passed its annual police inspection...
...blind Egyptian cleric, was convicted last year of plotting to blow up the U.N. and several other New York landmarks. He is serving a life sentence in Springfield, Missouri. Speculation also surrounds the hard-line Palestinian group Hamas, which has vowed to attack the U.S. for agreeing to extradite Musa Abu Marzouk, a top Hamas official, to Israel...
...MUSA group boldly asked for timber rights to more than 15 million acres of Suriname, nearly one-third of the country. The Venetiaan administration avoided a messy political debate by instead granting a smaller concession of 375,000 acres near the Guyana border. MUSA then began logging without specifying how it will abide by Suriname's strict forestry code. Experts claim that the only profitable way to harvest MUSA's particular stretch of rain forest would be to clear-cut the region, leaving behind a wasteland. Other Asian interests have also put in timber bids. The Malaysian investment group Berjaya...