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...America's engagement. If we turn our backs on this responsibility the damage to America's ability to lead, not just in NATO but in pursuit around the world of our interests in peace and prosperity, would be profound." Says Graff: "There is no doubt that the agreements are worthless without the American troops. Clinton has his work...
...says, he uncovered many questionable accounting practices--an observation shared by another former executive. For example, Lefevre discovered that in 1990 Chaumet had sold about $4 million worth of jewelry to a customer in the gulf. The supposed sale, says Lefevre, was a sham. He claims that they "sent worthless merchandise" and that the bill was not paid. But the existence of the invoice made it possible to book $4 million in extra revenue for that year, enabling Chaumet nearly to break even. (Investcorp insists Chaumet never engaged in such practices...
...Angeles police. He accused the department of plotting a frame-up of his client, who he said was innocent and had been targeted by a deceitful and ruthlessly racist detective, Mark Fuhrman. Defense attorney Barry Scheck said blood-DNA tests had been so tampered with they were worthless...
...mine tailings, the grit left over after gold has been extracted from the ground. In those tailings is a toxic byproduct of the mining process: arsenic, in concentrations up to 50 times higher than the level deemed safe by the government. Now Pyle finds that her house is virtually worthless; no one will buy it, and no bank will write a mortgage. "I feel trapped and stifled," says Pyle, 48, who was forced by a chronic heart ailment to take early retirement as Sutter Creek's postmaster. "You think, 'Oh, God, what if this house is killing...
Homeopathy's newfound success dismays many physicians, scientists and consumer advocates who regard the potions as ineffective at best and dangerous at worst--especially if they keep patients from seeking established treatments for serious ailments. "Anybody who understands science would regard them as worthless," declares retired psychiatrist Stephen Barrett of Allentown, Pennsylvania, a board member of the National Council Against Health Fraud...