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...Saddam, but they don't want to maintain an indefinite bombing campaign." Despite weekend press reports of U.S. officials nodding and winking about coup prospects, MacLeod is skeptical. "The assassination, quite possibly by the regime, of a Shi'ite cleric in the south last week, sparked some unrest, but it was all over in a couple of days," says MacLeod. "You can't put out fires that quickly if you don't have a firm grip on your security forces." Washington, therefore, may need a little more than carborundum in its toolbox...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: More Iraq Bombs, but Saddam's Still Standing | 3/8/1999 | See Source »

...problem is that Albright's plan for Kosovo calls for putting NATO ground troops onto Yugoslav territory, something President Slobodan Milosevic says violates his sovereignty; it would be, he says, as if he had suggested putting NATO troops into Northern Ireland to control unrest there. NATO says the ethnic violence in Kosovo demands a strong international response. For Albright and her team, the stalled talks have meant preparing a two-track approach that will involve bombing if Milosevic refuses to negotiate and ground troops if he agrees to a last-minute concession...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Madeleine Albright: Packing Heat | 3/1/1999 | See Source »

...would we respond to this civil unrest? Would we unite in the face of common danger or selfishly cowering in our bunkers? Maybe President Clinton would deliver a moving speech to the world from an air force base off the Gulf Coast--with or without a soundtrack...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: DARTBOARD | 2/26/1999 | See Source »

...could work there by himself." So, Sen went to the bank and took out a loan. He returned to his partners, bought them out and became the sole proprietor of the Kong. Under his stewardship, business continued to thrive through the tumultuous 1960s. Apparently, not even widespread social unrest could squelch the public's appetite for fried dumplings...

Author: By Jonathan S. Paul, | Title: THE HONG KONG AN ORAL HISTORY | 2/25/1999 | See Source »

...work are employed in inefficient state-owned enterprises, which Jiang and Zhu have vowed to phase out. Jiang realizes that the phase-out has to be handled carefully, since there is no national unemployment insurance or pension system and no money to fund such programs. Already there has been unrest, as worried farmers and workers struggle with the new order...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: My Dinner with Jiang | 2/22/1999 | See Source »

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