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...Embassy's strict security precautions are the legacy of hard lessons. In 1976, Palestinian gunmen kidnapped and killed Francis Meloy, a newly arrived U.S. ambassador, before he could even present his credentials. Seven years later, nearly 300 Americans were killed in suicide truck bomb strikes against the embassy and the U.S. Marine barracks near Beirut airport. The U.S. blames the militant Shi'ite Hizballah for those attacks, as well as for the kidnappings of dozens of foreigners during the 1980s - charges the Lebanese group has always denied. Still, those attacks reflected the reality that a civil war that began...
...even if such policies were in place, trade hawks in the U.S., Europe and Japan wonder why they should throw themselves open to investment arms controlled by governments that limit foreign access to their own markets. Beijing, they point out, has strict limits and an opaque review process for foreign companies that seek to buy significant stakes in many Chinese companies. "So we're just supposed to roll over and let them buy whatever they want here?" says the congressional staffer. "Why would we do that...
...Gopalakrishnan, one of the founders and the current CEO, says Infosys built that culture from the ground up. "We said, If we're going to make it a success, there have to be some rules, some common values, some structure to the whole thing." That included a strict ban on nepotism and a compulsory retirement age of 60. Founding CEO N.R. Narayana Murthy, who still flies coach despite a net worth estimated at $1 billion, says the break with the past was deliberate: "We had to aspire to global standards, especially if we wanted to attract investors from abroad." When...
USAGE Because an invasion of rodents can devastate populations of ground-nesting seabirds, wildlife-refuge managers in Alaska have developed emergency-response plans to deal with rat spills. The Alaska board of game recently passed strict regulations requiring shippers to exterminate any rodents found on their vessels. Meanwhile, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is working on plans to eradicate the rats on Rat Island without harming the few native species that have survived the onslaught...
...immigrant from Bulgaria, but I found Klein's article disturbing. Why does he make it seem that the growing anger over illegal immigrants comes from racist rednecks? If a candidate comes up with a plan for strict control of immigration, he or she will be patriotic, not racist, and might get elected. I hate to watch this great country turn from a welcoming nation to a naive one. Yordan Yordanov, WEST YARMOUTH, MASS...