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...woods yet, however. The Specter bill faces 10 tough days of floor debate. And the part that deals with verifying employee status isn't even finished yet. "We're very concerned about that," says Reiff. Even if the Senate does pass the bill, the conference with the House would be very difficult. "It'll probably die in conference," says Randel Johnson of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. That would be just fine, of course, with the business lobby, which knows that sometimes the best thing money can buy, especially in Washington, is the status...
...been catastrophically slow and reluctant. Years of knowingly useless negotiations, followed by hesitant international resolutions, have brought us to only the most tentative of steps--referral to a Security Council that lacks unity and resolve. Iran knows this and therefore defiantly and openly resumes its headlong march to nuclear status. If we fail to prevent an Iranian regime run by apocalyptic fanatics from going nuclear, we will have reached a point of no return. It is not just that Iran might be the source of a great conflagration but that we will have demonstrated to the world that for those...
...Bangkok at this time of year can easily reach 35?C, it's also a brilliantly timed excuse to cool off. If you happen to be in the Thai capital?or indeed in any one of dozens of towns and cities across the kingdom?don't think that your status as a visitor allows you to observe politely from the sidelines. Everyone, local or tourist, is fair game for a drenching. This may take the form of a genteel sprinkle, or a merciless soaking via bucket, water pistol, hose or even elephant...
...example of Yugoslavia. If the Shi'ites and the Sunnis refuse to cooperate, let them form separate states. Otherwise, they will continue to battle. The Shi'ites don't want to share the power that they have gained since Saddam's overthrow, and the Sunnis refuse to accept minority status in the new government. If dissolving the former Soviet empire and breaking up its satellite states of Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia made sense, why doesn't separation make sense for Iraq? Bob Mason St. Albert, Canada...
...Acrimony Your report on the Philippines' 1986 People Power movement, which jettisoned the Ferdinand Marcos dictatorship, depicted the miscarriage of the nation's effort to achieve a vibrant democracy [Feb. 27]. The Philippines has the potential to reclaim its status as one of Asia's wealthiest countries. But its inexhaustible supply of acrimony, cynicism and outright selfishness?especially as manifested by the political class?has thwarted its aspirations. Filipinos should rally around constructive reforms aimed at long-term development. Only when the government and its people embrace disciplined measures can the nation achieve lasting peace and prosperity?a new People...