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...Jenny Savalette de Lange A ubiquitous figure of high Parisian society, de Lange resisted marriage, leaving behind a string of rebuffed suitors-and for good reason: upon her death in 1858, coroners discovered that she was in fact a he. Rampant speculation about de Lange's true identity prompted the publication of more than a few "histories" unmasking the transvestite socialite as the last Bourbon monarch, still in hiding...
...Manila to more closely monitor the domestics they export and therefore protect them from abuse. Says Rosalinda Baldoz, administrator of the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration, "We are tired of hearing stories of Filipino maids being attacked in the face with a hot flat iron by her employer." Across Asia, rampant reports of imported workers suffering inhumane treatment include inadequate wages, verbal and physical assault, even rape. Last month, leaders of the Association of South-East Asian Nations, meeting in the Philippines, also took similar steps to regulate and aid the region's millions of migrant workers. According to Manila...
...whose watch Russia suffered hunger and humiliation. Plagued by heart trouble and alcohol abuse, Yeltsin had secured re-election in 1996 only by turning the privatization of the Russian energy sector into a sleazy scam, trading oil and gas fields for campaign contributions. Meanwhile, ordinary Russians had to endure rampant inflation and unemployment. Small wonder Russia's geopolitical standing seemed to crumble during the 1990s. As former Soviet republics and Warsaw Pact allies queued up to join NATO, the superpower seemed really to have become--as the cold war joke had it--Upper Volta with missiles...
...attract many followers, but that could change once the Kosovars discover that having a national flag and anthem will not automatically bring jobs and put food on the table. One thing diplomats rarely discuss is the sustainability of Kosovo's economy: an unemployment rate estimated at 50% coupled with rampant corruption and an absence of the rule of law presents a tough challenge for any elected government, independent...
...this plight of the "Two Americas." If the Gulf Coast is distinctive, it is so only in that the region has attracted media attention in the wake of Katrina. Yet, despite the rhetoric about advances over the past 50 years, the problems of discrepant opportunities and resources still run rampant. In this vein, educational and employment opportunities for racial minorities still lag well behind those available to the privileged...