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...wrong. Two German detectives burst into the room with guns drawn. From behind the protection of a bullet-proof Plexiglas shield, they announced in halting English that they were seeking two Americans. For some reason, they began to aggressively question Allison instead of Frankel, accusing her of using a false passport. Then Frankel looked up at a tall, blond detective and said, "I'm the one you're looking...
During the day, Abramian works as a security guard at Northeastern University--doing the same job he performed at Harvard, but without union recognition and for considerably lower wages. At Harvard, he earned $13 an hour and received Blue Cross/Blue Shield medical insurance. Now, he earns $8 an hour and gets no benefits...
...summer by ejecting Pakistan-backed guerrillas from the Kargil region of Kashmir. And the early election wasn't brought about by popular discontent; the BJP government lost its majority when a controversial actress at the head of regional party had quit the coalition after Vajpayee refused to shield her from corruption charges - a situation that engendered sympathy for the BJP among the meager 56 percent of voters who bothered to go to the polls...
...that have the idea of a nuclear "umbrella" edging closer to approval by the Clinton administration. For TIME Pentagon correspondent Mark Thompson, it?s a dubious triumph of lowered expectations. "It?s not Reagan?s ?Star Wars,' which was space-based," he says. "This is the so-called ?thin shield,? which consists of a smaller amount of interceptors [100] from a single site, rather than a full umbrella. Technically, it?s easier to build, but it also wouldn?t defend against a full-scale assault...
...many of the archives' quirkier possessions, like a full set of Wedgworth china patterned with the Radcliffe shield, are buried in the depths of the library and are only seen by the occasional ambitious researcher...