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And every night before the adventurers retire to their tents, they'll put their food and other fragrant items like toothpaste in a sack and hang it on a tree--lest the king of the woodlands, the black bear, pay them a visit while they sleep.
The Clinton Administration dispatched U.N. ambassador Bill Richardson last week to push Mobutu into a face-to-face meeting with Kabila to arrange a "soft landing," allowing the President to retire on grounds of ill health. Richardson carried a letter along those lines from Clinton. The special envoy was also...
KINSHASA, Zaire: Mobutu Sese Seko's abrupt announcement that he will leave Kinshasa for a Wednesday meeting in Gabon with friend and longtime supporter President Omar Bongo has many wondering if Zaire's ruler of 32 years will ever return. Mobutu aides say he will come home Friday, but with...
The logic behind the plan is that older faculty members, seeing that they will have to retire eventually, will see an incentive to leave early: Taking a block of money with them. The saved salary pays for the bonus if the chair is kept open for a time or if...
Opponents of the plan argue that preliminary data does not indicate that such incentives have an effect, leading a university to waste money on faculty already planning to retire. Supporters respond by saying a downturn in the economy is all that's necessary to make a difference apparent.