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...government quietly proposed slightly more reasonable settlement offers. He promised to release the women and children among Iraq's foreign hostages -- at week's end hundreds of them were ferried out of the country -- and said he would let the men go too, if only the U.S. would swear not to attack Iraq. To avoid a shootout on the seas, Saddam instructed his ships to submit to searches by Western vessels enforcing the U.N. economic sanctions...
...visiting associate professor of history from Wesleyan University, arriving with two others, says, "What a notorious neighborhood!" "I know," White replies, not missing a beat, greeting his guests, some of whom he is meeting for the first time, "and nobody believes me, but when I rented this house, I swear I didn't know. I didn't know...
...adults don't like them because when they're married and settled down, they don't think about having action or talking dirty. But teenagers do because of their sexual peak. If songs have curses in them, they're not going to bother kids. Everyone knows swear words by the third grade. My advice to parents is to let your kids grow up and do what they want to do." What burns Lisette is the idea that her music should be censored. "I wouldn't ban classical music," she says magnanimously...
...work at Hogan's Alley is enough to make most role players swear off a life of crime. Says Ronald Grayson, 33, of Triangle, Va., who plays a dope peddler: "You get to see how the law works without being on the wrong end of the stick. When they twist those cuffs on you, boy, it makes you think." Hogan's Alley has a similar sobering effect on its students. Says Raymond, an agent-trainee whose last name was withheld to protect him from the genuine criminals he will encounter after he graduates: "When you arrest someone, it hits...
Millions of Americans swear by ibuprofen for relief from the aches and pains of arthritis, menstrual cramps and other ailments. But like many other pain killers, ibuprofen, sold under such brand names as Advil and Medipren, can sometimes inflict pain. According to a report in the current Annals of Internal Medicine, the medication could cause kidney failure in about 1% of the people...