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...Washington's ability to channel much-needed help to Boris Yeltsin, U.N. peacekeepers and other new priorities. Ironically, Russian Jews in Israel may not suffer so badly. The influx rate has dropped by half as new arrivals have told their relatives to wait until their job and housing prospects perk up. Israel's government cannot stoke the economy with greenbacks, but it will muddle through adequately with donations and commercial loans until the national elections in June -- or the one next November in the U.S., which could also reshuffle the political deck...
...mugging on March 1, may actually have shot himself in the cheek in order to deflect criticism over his handling of the bank during his nine years on the job. Russ, who denies the rumors, ignored repeated warnings from the General Accounting Office that the check-writing perk needed reform...
Dershowitz said in the interview that he enjoyed his time on the show. "It was fun. It's always fun. Dennis ,[Miller] is a bright guy." He mentionedreceiving a free bathrobe as an added perk...
...Club, at jock-oriented watering holes like Mickey Mantle's in Manhattan or Bigsby's in Chicago, in the lobbies of hotels where teams on the road check in. To the athletes who care to indulge them, and many do, these readily available groupies offer pro sport's ultimate perk: free and easy recreational sex, no questions asked...
...reminiscent of the Soviet Union before the collapse of the Communist Party. Average Soviet citizens used to grumble at the special access party apparatchiks had to stores selling merchandise in scarce supply for everybody else. Capitol Hill shoppers aren't quite so pampered, but they still have a major perk. Taxpayers may never know if they are footing the bill for personal items, since it is up to every lawmaker to follow the rules. But at the very least, tax dollars are supporting two bustling shops that give a big price break to a select...