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...North Korea, remain the most viable way to rein in Kim. "It's better to have more than one voice sending the same message," he said last week. But evidence is mounting that the talks may be stalemated, perhaps permanently, leaving the U.S. and its negotiating partners to ponder riskier alternatives. After meeting with Chinese officials, Hill told the press, "The future of the talks is very much uncertain," and there are signs that Beijing is losing heart, too. Diplomats in Beijing say China's President Hu Jintao has postponed a visit to Pyongyang planned for this month because...
It’s necessary that all “ironically” narcissistic Harvard students, like you, be sent home to the suburbs for the summer with something to think about. With that in mind, let’s ponder the future of cinema...
...more immediate concern to the President was the reaction of the Salvadoran armed forces, which lately have had a hard time combatting the guerrillas' hit-and-run attacks. One field commander circulated a petition objecting to the negotiations with the guerrillas. Duarte did not have much time to ponder the consequences of his actions. Just one day after his daughter's release, edgy soldiers guarding the presidential palace opened fire on several vehicles in the vicinity. Two people were killed. At week's end came another kidnaping, this time of a military man, Air Force Colonel Omar Naplen Avalos...
Beatrice last week received word of a different kind of proposal that the firm may wish to ponder. It came from Warren Avis, founder of the Avis car-rental company. The entrepreneur, who sold Avis in 1954, said he wants to buy it back from Beatrice, which has owned the business for little more than a year. Avis said he has assembled a group of private, international investors who hope to acquire the auto concern, which operates in more than 100 countries and is worth an estimated $400 million...
...does well. Also set for August is CBS's Hometown, an hour comedy-drama about a group of college friends from the '60s who reunite for some soul searching in the '80s. The resemblance to The Big Chill is impossible to miss: characters reminisce about antiwar rallies and ponder the implications of "getting caught up in the mainstream." Despite its glib predictability, the series boasts a likable cast, headed by Jane Kaczmarek and Daniel Stern, and at least a veneer of seriousness missing from most other summer entries...