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...elections. How did that happen? The U.S. poured millions of dollars into the democratic opposition. In an election run by a dictatorship controlling everything from the media to the ballot boxes, that aid was indispensable for creating a level playing field, and thus permitting the popular desire to be rid of Milosevic to find real political expression...
...Although a majority of Serbs are happy to be rid of the man who authored so much of their misery, they have decidedly mixed feelings towards the International Criminal Tribunal and most would condemn NATO's bombing of Yugoslavia. President Vojislav Kostunica, for example, makes no secret of the fact that he believes the tribunal is biased against Serbs, and had insisted that Milosevic be first processed by the Yugoslav judiciary before being extradited. It is these sentiments that the former strongman was trying to tap when he appeared in court Tuesday, suggesting that the trial may yet become...
Like some sort of biblical plague, toxic mold has been creeping through homes, schools and other buildings across the U.S. Although press reports have focused on stachybotrys, strains of aspergillus, chaetomium and penicillium have also triggered their share of grief. At least two families have burned their homes to rid themselves of the contamination. Thousands more, including antipollution crusader Erin Brockovich, are suing home builders, landlords and insurers for damages to their property and their health. Last month the California state senate approved the country's first mold bill, which would set standards for acceptable levels indoors and require home...
...doctor in The Andromeda Strain; the clock was outracing me. I went to my e-mail program, clicked on File, then selected Work Offline. That, I assumed, would cordon me off from the Net and keep me from spreading the bug while I figured out how to get rid of it. Next I checked my Out box. Argh! Sixty-five messages were queued up, waiting to be sent to my friends. Each was from me. Each bore the subject line "Homepage." Each had a file attached, as doom-laden as a warhead...
...fashion press and stylists. Encourage those stylists to nudge some free stuff toward a celebrity or two. Put some mad money into the hands of coltish ad folks, and create unfathomable but cool ad campaigns. Widen the product range--but gently, so as not to scare people. Get rid of all the dowdier stores and licensees. And presto! Your dog of a luxury label just became desirable to three times as many people without, if you've done it right, losing any of its snob appeal...