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...UNSCOM chief Richard Butler could be forgiven for feeling a little like Ken Starr: even though his investigation is not complete, it could still be buried in the shifting sands of politics. U.N. inspectors today finished searching Saddam Hussein?s disputed presidential sites, and came up empty-handed. ?They weren?t expecting to find anything; they were simply establishing their right to search those sites,? says TIME U.N. correspondent William Dowell. ?Things are on track right now, although UNSCOM staff members privately expect further confrontation with Iraq some time down the road, because the Iraqis are still playing...
...point the lyrics ask if the fisherman has caught her fish. She clasps the fish in her hands tight as he squirms and wiggles. But not every thing is worth struggling for. The fisherwoman, weary from battling the stubborn fish, tosses him back into the sea. If things weren't clear enough the emcees go on to tell us to watch the erotic dance closely. The crowd loved the dance and it's hard to tell if it was due to the dancer's merit or Ivy League sexual repression...
...food was great, and it was a 12 coursemeal. I was young and ate everything in sight. Atthe end of the meal they brought out bowls ofrice, and I took one and proceeded to eat it down,and I noticed that my fellow diners were pickingpolitely at it but weren't eating much. But Ifigured I'd eat it, so I ate most of the rice. ButI didn't realize until a week later that I hadcommitted an absolute mortal error, I had horriblyoffended my host. Because, of course, you're notsupposed to eat the rice It's there...
...When we played Princeton earlier in the season, we really weren't on the top of our game, so they beat us pretty handily," Pankau said. "But this time around we are sure that we can and will...
Lebanon and Syria today treated Israel?s offer to withdraw from southern Lebanon as something akin to an April Fool?s joke, indicating they weren?t interested in even discussing the matter with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. After all, tacked on to the headline-grabbing announcement that Israel accepted a 20-year-old U.N. resolution ordering its withdrawal from Lebanon, is the rider that Netanyahu would only redeploy his forces once Israel?s security had been guaranteed by Lebanon and Syria. Since the U.N. resolution calls for unconditional and unilateral Israeli withdrawal, today?s announcement looks like little more than...