Word: primes
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Ehud Barak, Prime Minister-Elect of Israel White Knight, Inheritor, Thinker, Healer, Difference-Splitter...
...Sonia Gandhi, Widow of Rajiv Gandhi and Candidate for Prime Minister Inheritor, White Knight, Healer...
...Winter Olympics, which last weekend were awarded to the Italian city of Turin rather than Swiss front-runner Sion. So they?re bargaining with their only chip ?- the secrecy of their banks. In the last few years, the world?s most discreet bankers have blown the whistle on former prime minister Benazir Bhutto of Pakistan and kleptocrat Mobutu Sese Seko of the former Zaire. The Swiss are only too glad to add Milosevic to that distinguished list ?- but considering their credibility these days, it would help if they actually found some of the money...
...Evil's tiny henchman Mini-Me and a talking watch that barks phrases like "Throw me a frickin' bone here!" Kicking in additional millions for promotional tie-ins are half a dozen companies, ranging from Virgin Atlantic airlines to Heineken beer. Next spring there will be a prime-time HBO cartoon series. "We want this to be around for the next 10 to 20 years, ad infinitum," says Bob Friedman, the marketing co-chairman of New Line Cinema (which is owned by TIME's corporate parent, Time Warner). As James Bond might say, that's a pretty Moneypenny...
...Russian information on the JFK assassination. "I am among my friends now," Yeltsin announced, and in return, everybody said he looked great. "He walked a bit stiffly, but he was very forceful," offered national security adviser Sandy Berger. "His behavior was neither erratic or shaky," added Clinton later. Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien declared the ailing bear "strong. But he can?t run a marathon." Too bad. Because for everyone in that room, that?s exactly what Kosovo is shaping...