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...outlying suburbs and strip malls, leaving behind an uneasy mix of panhandlers, police and security guards. The only other substantial signs of life on a recent Monday night -- besides a few business travelers huddled in hotel bars -- are the homeless hanging around outside the St. Vincent de Paul shelter and the dozens of agitated voters gathered just across the street at the local Democratic headquarters to blow off some steam...
Arriving in Lusaka today, a visitor might think Zambia is a country emerging from war. Stretches of road in the capital look as if they have been under mortar bombardment. Buildings are dilapidated, vehicles rattletrap. Thousands live in tin-shelter shantytowns. Unemployment and crime are running high. Zambia has become one of the poorest nations anywhere, with one of the world's highest per capita foreign debts -- nearly $1,000 for each of its 8 million people; average annual income per person is less than $290. As in many African countries, a small layer of extremely wealthy people flourishes above...
Almost like a tornado, Andrew cut a 20-to-35-mile swath south of Miami that leveled entire city blocks and left residents without electricity, phones, drinkable water, sewage treatment, food or shelter. Armed troops patrolled the streets to stop looters, some of whom brought in rental trucks to haul away their booty. The response by state and federal government was slow and disjointed. But by week's end President Bush had ordered 14,400 troops into the disaster area with mobile kitchens, tents, electrical generators, water and blankets. Now hundreds of thousands of the newly homeless -- some sleeping...
...formation of cantons would avoid a total Serbian victory and avert another looming nightmare: mass deaths -- perhaps 200,000 to 300,000 -- among refugees inside the former Yugoslavia who might not survive the rough Balkan winter. An end to the fighting would enable international relief organizations to supply food, shelter and clothing that would keep the refugees alive...
...sorry, Mr. President, our time is almost over. One final question, if I may. Suppose that you are a venerable Douglas fir somewhere in the wilderness of the Pacific Northwest. And further suppose that your upper branches provide home and shelter for the endangered spotted owl. And then one day you hear the sound of approaching chain saws. The owls start to flap around you in alarm. And then you see the lumberjacks approaching your trunk, and you realize that the foreman of the crew is actually Elvis...