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...feeding camps will operate until the Somalis regain enough strength to start producing their own food again. Herds of cows, goats and camels and stores of seeds, all long since eaten, will have to be replaced. After that, Somalia has a chance to be self-sufficient once again -- as long as social and political stability are restored...
...spent the past eight years wandering in the political wilderness. After Ronald Reagan routed Walter Mondale in 1984, From and a group of mostly Southern Democrats organized the Democratic Leadership Council (D.L.C.). The group wanted to yank the party to the right, certain that Democrats could regain the White House only with fewer appeals to special interests and more to the predominantly white, politically moderate, middle- class voters. Pundits predicted the council's early demise, and Jesse Jackson derided it as "the Southern White Boys Club." But its diagnosis of the party's ills seemed to be borne...
...eventually cost GM as much as $700 million in legal fees and damages. So far, the company has paid out more than $200 million in ( settlements, according to the CAS. What remains incalculable is the effect on GM's image at a time when the company is struggling to regain its reputation for quality...
...CLOSET, YOU'RE OUT OF THE service. For 50 years, that has been the firm rule of the U.S. military. But the day after Veterans Day, following a bitter court battle, Petty Officer Keith Meinhold managed to regain his Navy job at Moffett Field Naval Air Station in Mountain View, California. The 12-year veteran had been discharged in August after announcing he was gay on national TV. When U.S. District Judge Terry J. Hatter Jr. ordered the Navy to take Meinhold back the first time, the Navy balked. But after Hatter reaffirmed his order, Acting Secretary of the Navy...
Prabhu vacated her seat following a scandal over an invalid social committee election, in which she was accused of tampering with ballots. Rose said he entered the election because he wants the council to regain the credibility it lost in the scandal's aftermath...