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Fridrich and some other state leaders serve at Perot's pleasure. Without the advice of local volunteers, Perot headquarters has handpicked representatives, who are flown to Dallas for high-level meetings. Some of these leaders owe their positions to the dedication they showed earlier in the campaign. Others, however, belong to the tycoon's large network of personal cronies...
...1970s, in the first full decade or two after the granting of independence. Africa had its Golconda of commodities -- cocoa, coffee, copper and palm oil -- and their prices were high. Africans borrowed against those prices; the world happily lent. Unlike other countries now heavily indebted, African nations owe the bulk of their debt to First World governments, the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank rather than to commercial banks and other private creditors...
...problems. She is not who she pretends to be, certainly not the kind of mother ((people think)), and while my brothers and sisters are still dependent on her, they will say things and pretend to feelings I know full well not to be true. There is no question I owe Mia a great deal for adopting me. For that gesture I still love her. But responsibility does not stop at the act of adopting. I truly regret Mia chose to burden all the children with these adult problems...
...Secret Service agents clinging to his belt when he leaned far into the crowd. The faces of Manchester conveyed the Music Man message that "there's nothing halfway about the Iowa way to greet you." The mood was warm and enveloping as Clinton heard each message of encouragement. "We owe it all to you." "You're doing great." "You'll be a great President...
...traditional share of the Jewish vote, it is enough to say that the Administration's good policy may prove to be good politics -- and that if it doesn't, and Bush loses, President Clinton will be left with a more peaceful Middle East, for which he too will owe George Bush a great deal...