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...with confidence. If we carefully analyze history, we realize that the sad truth is that freedom by itself barely causes anything to change. If the hard-headed Chinese leaders were wise enough to realize that opening themselves to criticism could not hurt anything, China could become a "free" nation overnight...
...amendment was approved, but not before Democrats found their voice. Hour after hour they railed as programs they had erected over decades were demolished overnight. They also found in their wardrobe the accessory of choice: brightly colored Save the Children ties and scarves, which turned up around the weathered necks of such old Democratic bulls as Sam Gibbons and John Dingell. When the debate grew particularly rowdy, the normally soft-spoken Gibbons shouted at the Republicans, "You all sit down and shut up." Later, facing a chorus of boos, Gibbons added, "Boo if you want to. Make asses of yourselves...
...trademark when he walked 1,022 miles across Tennessee during his first successful campaign for Governor, in 1978. And over the summer, he drove his red Ford Explorer 8,500 miles across the country, meeting with typical Americans, often staying up late to discuss their concerns and sleeping overnight in their homes...
...aggressive Americans and Japanese came crashing in with giant salaries garnished with even more gigantic bonuses for star traders. Young, ambitious people like Leeson were swept up in the scavenger hunt for talent, and Barings was for the first time managing a new kind of moneyspinner. "Traders were made overnight," says Valerie Thompson, who traded securities for Solomon Brothers in London for 15 years and watched the change. "Managers did not have time to train them properly. Leeson picked up a little bit of knowledge and used it as a springboard into Barings. He must have thought, 'This is easy...
Secretary of State Warren Christopher today set out for Cairo to begin a five-nation drive to get Mideast peace talks back on track. Christopher is flying overnight to Cairo and is slated to continue to Israel, Saudi Arabia, Syria and Jordan, plus a Gaza visit with PLO chairman Yasser Arafat. Since Christopher last touched down in the region three months ago, the peace process has gotten bogged down by Israel's quarreling with the Palestinians, Syria and Egypt, while Israel's tentative peace deal with Jordan hit a financial snag...