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President Ahmet Necdet Sezer, who cultivates the common touch, has his car stop at traffic lights. He still found himself involved in a devastating collision last week, a sudden political smash-up with Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit-over corruption and banking reform-that has left the International Monetary Fund's inflation-cutting program for the country a twisted wreck, the lira in free fall and Turkey's 66 million people facing even more inflation. By week's end both officials, chastened, had left the crash scene to attend international gatherings...
...Your book has been a smash hit for three years. Has it been enjoyable...
...also an image that Barak is fighting desperately to smash. The image and reality of Sharon have become the main battleground of the election campaign. Though Barak went further than any other Israeli leader in offering concessions to the Palestinians, it is Sharon whose campaign jingle says he will bring peace. In his television spots, Sharon cuddles a lamb on his Negev farm and lovingly lifts his grandson into his arms as the sun sets over his wheat fields. Says Yossi Beilin, Barak's Justice Minister: "Sharon prefers the image of Grandma, rather than the reality of the wolf...
Barrymore also earned critical acclaim for her roles in Gun Crazy and Irreconcilable Differences. She founded her own production company--Flower Films--which has produced many notable films including the box office smash Never Been Kissed. Most recently, she tried her hand as a producer in the box-office hit Charlie's Angels...
...NONRECALCITRANT TOASTER: Somebody soon is bound to smash the worldwide small-household-appliance cartel's plot to foist $50 toasters built with 10[cent] engineering on a groggy breakfast-time America. The prospect of a toaster that quickly pops up perfect golden-brown slices every time is to be dreaded. Will the toaster swallow the slice, then hold it in its stubborn grip until it's a hunk of smoking charcoal? How many times in a row will you have to insert a slice, only to see it instantly pop back up again? Set the dial to WELL DONE...