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...make matters worse, frustrated aides report zero progress in persuading Arafat to change his habit of managing by dictate. He still refuses to create an accounting system that would satisfy would-be givers of international aid. As a result, of $550 million in assistance pledged for this year, only $50 million has been received. Arafat is also hampered by bitter divisions among his lieutenants. According to two senior Arafat aides in the territories, Farouk Kaddoumi, the foreign minister of the Palestine Liberation Organization, wrote to donor countries from the group's former headquarters in Tunis stating that since their contributions...
...still the children run. Seattle, San Francisco and New York City are among the top destinations. But Hollywood is ground zero. Experts estimate that 10,000 homeless youths are on the streets on any given night in Los Angeles County, maybe 3,000 of them in Hollywood alone. They are lured by the persistent myth that Hollywood is where the rainbow touches down; they remain because it does offer a few shelters and services to the thousands of homeless youths seeking miracles there. For the nation's runaways, Hollywood is like a ) huge electric bug zapper that...
Citizens of the Bahamas pay a significantly lower estate tax: zero percent. Even Ireland only demands from its citizens a two percent tax on inherited assets...
Instead of redistributing income through a graduated income tax, the staff should insist on the only just redistribution: a flat tax of zero percent...
...Clinton Administration is getting high marks for its recent foreign policy successes. Haiti has gone well, meaning no Americans have died in combat. In a place of zero strategic significance to the U.S., however, this falls more into the category of disaster avoided. In the two areas where we have the most abiding strategic interests -- fighting terrorism and nuclear proliferation -- the Administration has reacted by romancing the thugs. Offer the goodies, let the dictator pocket his gains, then hope for the best...