Word: sams
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...Those days came to an end in December 1997, when on his fourth try for the presidency he was elected - the first leader to be elected from an opposition party in South Korea's history. (A fellow dissident and political rival, Kim Young Sam, had thrown in with the ruling party when he was elected in 1992.) Kim's election, more than anything, showed that democracy had come to South Korea to stay. (See pictures of brawling legislators in Seoul...
...faced the prospect of a secret trial and the possibility of lifetime sentences. Now that the government will only charge them with using "improper means" to gain access to commercial secrets - commercial bribery - the executives will have access to legal counsel and should be able to mount a defense. Sam Walsh, the iron-ore chief executive for Rio, went so far as to say that since "the charges have been downgraded ... I think that reflects what we've been saying all along: that we don't believe there's any evidence of wrongdoing...
...Watch Sam Dealey's interview with President al-Bashir on The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer on PBS tonight...
...pricey at $1,700. While some previous Trikke models had short-lived lead-acid batteries, this is the first with a lithium-ion battery that can power the Pon-e for up to 20 miles (32 km). And that's if you don't move your legs at all. Sam Jayme, a Trikke rep, points out that if you know what you're doing, you can get 100 miles (about 160 km) from it in a day. The battery snaps out, so you can plug it into an outlet in your home or office. Trikke estimates that it takes five...
...plan, which was first reported by the Associated Press, has been met with predictable outrage from the predictable quarters. Republican leaders - as well as quite a few Democrats - oppose bringing Gitmo detainees to the U.S. mainland on the grounds that they would pose a security threat. Senator Sam Brownback and Representative Jerry Moran, both Kansas Republicans, are leading the not-in-our-backyard brigade at Fort Leavenworth; both have denounced the task force's proposal as a bad idea. (There are indications that there may be local support for the Standish plan, which would save the 600-cell prison from...