Word: reined
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...most relevant combat film ever made was Michael Cimino's The Deer Hunter (1978), which featured heroic performances by Robert De Niro and Christopher Walken. The film won the Academy Award for Best Picture, Cimino earned an Oscar as Best Director, and Walken got one for Best Supporting Actor. REIN J. VANDERZEE JR. San Antonio, Texas...
...With the SEC, the Justice Department and various congressional committees now scrutinizing Andersen's audit work on Enron, there is little doubt efforts will be made to rein in the industry. "The profession has always done just enough to get out of a hole," says industry analyst Arthur Bowman. The SEC and Congress are looking into Andersen's interpretation of accounting rules that allowed Enron to exclude losses at several partnerships from its balance sheets. But the larger issue will be the objectivity of the entire industry. Enron paid Andersen $25 million for its audit last year and $27 million...
...made the U.S. realize the damage that a couple of terrorists can cause." While fearful that New Delhi's military maneuvers would set off a new war, Washington?to avoid hypocrisy?had to mute its protest. Though feeling protective toward its new pal Musharraf, Washington pressed him to rein in the militants...
...made the U.S. realize the damage that a couple of terrorists can cause." While fearful that New Delhi's military maneuvers would set off a new war, Washington-to avoid hypocrisy-had to mute its protest. Though feeling protective toward its new pal Musharraf, Washington pressed him to rein in the militants...
...just the usual suspect, the radical Islamic group Hamas, that took responsibility for the outrage. Also claiming a part was the Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, an underground militia associated with Yasser Arafat. That would be the same Yasser Arafat that Israel was supposed to count on to rein in Palestinian terrorists...