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...then the hijackers had dropped their demand for the liberation of the F.I.S. leaders; now they insisted on being flown to Paris. That triggered a tug-of-war between the Algerians, who were adamant that the plane stay in Algiers, and the French, who wanted it on their territory so they could deal with the situation directly. Things came to a head late on Dec. 25, when the terrorists laid down an ultimatum: if the boarding ramp was not pulled back and the plane was not allowed to take off before 9:30 p.m., they would kill a hostage every...
...days and several NFL lifetimes ago, could have forecast the Pats' meteoric rise to football stardom, save perhaps the looney in the Steve Grogan-autographed jersey out in Foxboro or Fall River or somewhere else within range of the "Hub's" almighty tug...
...after President Clinton unveiled his version of middle-class tax cuts, a rhetorical tug-of war began between the White House and congressional Republicans over whose plan was fairest to taxpayers -- and how far toward the GOP camp Clinton's plan must move to win Republican approval. Even as Clinton aides continued hashing out additional provisions, Republicans chided the president as a johnny-come-lately and said the "Contract With America" gave citizens more benefits. (Incoming House Majority leader Richard Armey of Texas even dubbed Clinton's package "Contract-lite.") The White House, anticipating the barbs, threw a briefing featuring...
...Bank would pay for my mistakes in the future if I moved my account over there. Personally, I think both firms are being short-sighted, especially when you consider that banks are about to get government permission to compete with the brokerage houses. Soon there will be a fierce tug-of-war for your business and mine, and the one that gets mine will be the one that offers something extra, such as the kind of loss protection that's just been extended to the bigwigs at Mellon...
...Asian-born scientists, a sense of duty, the tug of shared culture, the need to care for aging parents and a thousand other imponderables influence the decision to return. The recent wave of corporate downsizing and research cutbacks in the U.S. has also tipped the scales. A generous retirement package helped persuade Lee to leave his comfortable sinecure in Berkeley and take on the challenge of leading Academia Sinica. "Taiwan needs me," says Lee, "while to the University of California, it doesn't make that much difference whether I'm there...