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...arise, as the Church of England has relaxed its rules on divorce since it forced that choice on Edward. Now, Hillenbrand says, the Church merely forbids a would-be king to marry a Roman Catholic. (Mrs. Parker Bowles's husband is Catholic; she's Protestant.) But the prospect of a "Queen Camilla" remains "very, very far down the road," Hillenbrand says. For one thing, the prince must first succeed his mother on the throne to become King Charles...
...have to bring in dollar-priced American-made parts for final assembly. "Mexican products will be more competitive on the global market, and there will be more jobs created in Mexico than otherwise would have been the case," says Robert Hormats, vice chairman of Goldman Sachs International. And the prospect of gradual improvement in the Mexican economy leads most analysts to discount the possibility that the peso's swoon will mean a sizable new surge of illegal immigrants pouring into...
...when the Chiapas rebels launched a new offensive in advance of the first anniversary of their uprising. Within days the rebels had captured dozens of villages, disabled 47 jungle airstrips and seized several highways. On Dec. 19, Zedillo got the news from Finance Minister Jaime Serra Puche that the prospect of further trouble in Chiapas had prompted jittery Mexicans to move about $1 billion out of the country that day alone...
There is more. Not only did Jacobs not commit the murder, but a Texas court found his sister guilty of that same crime only seven months after the original conviction. Jacobs' conviction was his own doing. Preferring the prospect of death to life in prison, he confessed to a murder that he did not commit. Later, it became apparent that his sister, Bobbie Hogan, had killed Urdiales...
...humanitarian mission in Bihac virtually to a standstill. Through their complex chain of backtracked commitments and broken promises, the Serbs have proved themselves masters at the game of playing one side against another. Late last week, they took the game to a new level by introducing the prospect of having Jimmy Carter engage in another round of freewheeling diplomacy...