Word: plante
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...thought by some to be too young and inexperienced when he took over the CIA at age 44. There have been missteps on his watch. The Indian nuclear tests last May caught the agency by surprise. Critics complain that the CIA knew too little about the pharmaceutical plant the U.S. bombed in Sudan to prove it was producing chemical weapons for terrorist Osama bin Laden...
...Steve engineered albums for many bands, some of which were quite successful. And then, in 1993, Steve engineered In Utero for Nirvana. (This despite calling Nirvana a "wannabe Led Zeppelin" in 1991.) Steve became very popular and went on to engineer albums by people like Bush and JimmyPage & Robert Plant. He also engineers albums forpopular bands like the Breeders and PJ Harvey andless well-known bands like the Jesus Lizard andMan...Or Astro-Man?. It is worthy of note thatSteve refuses royalties on all work he engineers.He walks the walk. But most people wish he'd justshut the hell...
...long. Profit margins are getting squeezed, and companies are running out of cash; some may not even be able to make good on the buybacks they've promised. Charles Clough, chief investment strategist at Merrill Lynch, notes that the amount of cash that companies have left after investing in plant and equipment--which is the cash that funds most buybacks--has been dwindling for two years. By next year the till may be empty...
Opening the heavy metal doors leading in from the parking lot is a little like entering a meat-packing plant. "Utilitarian" does little to convey the effect of the unadorned cement floors, fluorescent lighting and windowless walls. Flanked by a semi-circle of glass cases displaying guns of all sizes and shapes and a few grenades, holsters, and handcuffs, "Kevin the Gun Guy" sits calmly on a stool attending to customers as they come and go. He has the smugness of some-one who always carries a firearm. Sure enough, when asked if he ever feels concerned for his safety...
...terrorist network of Osama bin Laden. The U.S. Navy launched about 80 of them--at $750,000 each, that's some $60 million. What bang did Clinton get for his bucks? The missiles tore up some sheds and shacks at a training area in Afghanistan and demolished a pharmaceutical plant in Sudan, which might or might not have been producing nerve-gas ingredients. The Tomahawks did not severely disrupt the bin Laden operation. But they gave the Administration the appearance of taking action in its war against terrorism. Best of all, no Americans had to fly through Pakistani airspace...