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...junta after another gave way to an elected civilian government. Then, with the collapse of Soviet communism, people power spread to Eastern Europe and much of Eurasia. In several areas of Africa and the Far East too, despotism and minority rule are on the defensive or in retreat...
Accountants won't be the only ones who will pay, say analysts. As large firms retreat -- the Big Six currently handle the audits of 90% of FORTUNE 500 companies -- industries that require the most careful audits could be left without accountants or with lower-quality auditors. "Financial markets could grind to a halt if auditors stop certifying books," warns Rick Telberg, editor of Accounting Today, a New York City newspaper. "Investors are not going to invest unless they see that stamp of approval...
UNTIL A COUPLE of weeks ago, George Bush had been in hasty retreat from his internationalist ways. With Patrick J. Buchanan bellowing all over New Hampshire for "America First" and the democrats selling "George Bush: The Anywhere But America Tour" T-shirts, the new f-word had become "foreign affairs...
President Bush, who has in the past madetelephone speeches to anti-abortion rallies, wasat the presidential retreat in Camp David, Md.Yesterday...
...French are worried that their country is failing to find a new role in the post-cold war world and that within Europe it is being overshadowed by the rise of a unified and vibrant Germany. Should they assert themselves vigorously and strive to lead the new Europe or retreat into a kind of Gallic stockade and preoccupy themselves with domestic concerns? The regional elections pointed to a distressing trend toward the second option...