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...styled by his police state for decades as the Great Leader had seemed to take personal charge of finding a way to end the showdown over accusations that his country was well on its way to building atom bombs. In his meeting last month with Jimmy Carter, Kim virtually overnight defused tensions by promising the former U.S. President that he would freeze the nuclear program. Washington then backed off from proposing economic sanctions to the U.N. and set in motion the new attempt at dialogue. The first-ever summit between North and South Korean leaders, slated for July...
...Sometimes, though, there is a real lack of sensitivity ((toward Russia)) that strikes me as too much self-assurance, even arrogance. People seem to have forgotten what they learned in cold war textbooks -- that there was once an evil empire. You can't expect angels and paradise to appear overnight. Don't complicate my life and lecture me. This leaves me open to criticism from the red-browns, who say Kozyrev is a stooge of the Americans...
...trying to sustain his dignity when everything has gone horribly weird. He's your best self having your worst day. You are, for example, a man who must dress in drag (in Hanks' 1981 TV series Bosom Buddies). You're a 12-year-old kid who literally grows up overnight (Big). You're a detective whose top informant is a slobbery dog (Turner & Hooch). You're the manager of a baseball team, and your players are all girls (A League of Their Own). Or your girlfriend is a fish (Splash). Your wife has died (Sleepless in Seattle). You think...
Ever annoyed--or intrigued--by solicitation in cyberspace for offers to make you rich overnight? Two states are taking on such Netscams. New Jersey regulators have ordered the author of an electronic chain letter to cease; he's claiming a $5 investment will return participants a fat $60,000. In Missouri the info-highway patrol has targeted an unlicensed stockbroker who "trades" unregistered stocks on the information highway. More than two dozen additional cases are currently under investigation in seven different states.parparWhat's the best scam you've seen in cyberspace? Enter your submission in the folder, NETSCAMS: CYBER SURFERS...
Rostenkowski's federal nemesis becomes an overnight legal star...