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...Russians to accept new terms - the present administration fears it could provoke a new arms race. In addition, the treaty requires that Washington inform Moscow six months ahead of time before opting out of the treaty, which makes it a policy decision that would have to be taken smack in the middle of a U.S. presidential election season...
...almost guaranteed being sent home, Cubans will almost certainly be allowed to stay. Some have denounced the policy as racist. While the reason for the difference in restrictions is not exclusively linked to race, the picture these two stories paint of the difference in immigration regulation begins to smack of preferential treatment...
...even with stocks swinging like Tarzan on amphetamines, you're not doomed to smack into a tree. The trick: turn off CNBC, stay diversified and don't stray from autopilot investing programs like 401(k)s, IRAs, college funds and dividend-reinvestment plans...
...next celebrated Mass in Manger Square where, by prior negotiation, the muezzin of the mosque next door shortened his call to midday prayers so as not to disrupt the Pope too much. Still, the Pontiff seemed a bit startled when, smack between his homily and the rest of the service, the amplified Allahu Akbar (God is great) rang out. He then enjoyed his brief respite in the grotto before accompanying Arafat, who sometimes held his hand, to the nearby Deheisha refugee camp...
...staff to clean out their desks by Friday, confounding staff members who believed they had over a year more to raise circulation from around 540,000 to the estimated 700,000 to 800,000 that Details needed to be viable. Says just hired editor Kendall Hamilton: "It was a smack in the head with a halibut...