Newsweek 1994. (nem teljes évfolyam) [antikvár]

Periscope Warrior news: Soldat Udachi For 'Real Men' Georgia. Azerbaijan, tajik-istan. If there's one thriving industry in the former Soviet Union, it's war. So maybe it's no surprise that the hot seller on Moscow newsstands is the new Russian-language edition of Soldier of Fortune, the U.S. magazine for would-be mercenaries. Sample articles: hired guns in Vietnam and "Southern Rhodesia" (the nation now known as Zimbabwe), and info on the world's best brass knuckles. Don't look for "philosophizing and discussions" here, readers of Soldat Udachi were told in an editor's note. "Soldier of Fortune is read by those who act and don't talk. That's what real men do." And isn't that what democracy's all about? Move It, Buddy! U.N. Mission staffers racked up many parking fines in '93—and few paid. The top 10 offenders: COUNTRY NUMRKROF SUMMONSES AMOUNT OWED Russia 13,660 $538,204 Indonesia 2,913 114,772 Nigeria 2,785 109,729 Brazil 2,111 83,173 Soutli Korea 1,996 78,642 Egypt 1,8SS 73,087 Bulgaria 1,841 72,535 Israel 1.5S5 61,267 Ukraine 1,505 59,297 Kuwait 1,345 52,993 source: new vork dept. o^TnANSPon^A•rlo^ A nod to human rights: The Dalai Lama, President Clinton A Thorn in the Side A scheduled white house meeting this thursday between Vice President Al Gore and the Dalai Lama, Tibet's exiled leader, could throw a wrench into delicate diplomatic negotiations with China over human rights. A senior aide to Bill Clinton says the president is expected to "drop by" during the chat. At issue is the timing of the meeting, which some State Department officials say comes too close to June 3, the admimstration's deadline for China to show progress on human rights in Tibet or face losing its most-favored-nation trading status. State Department officials acknowledge that China hasn't yet budged on addressing human-rights questions on Tibet, but one source frets that a White House meeting with the Dalai Lama "would certainly be an irritant" that could cause China's leaders to stiffen their backs. In the past the Clinton administration has been stung by charges that its China trade poHcy took precedence over human rights. A meeting with the Dalai Lama, though a gamble, would blunt the criticism. The White House concedes that the visit could anger the Chinese, but would prefer to take a firm stand. "I don't suggest the Chinese will like it, but it's consistent with our policy." says a senior White House official. Cottage Industry Where's Mount Fuji? A Cotswold cottage Who says you can't take it with you? A group of Japanese businessmen, apparently enamored of provincial Enghsh architecture, has arranged to have centuries-old Cotswold stone cottages shipped to Tol^'o— stone by stone. They will pay upwards of L300,000 each to have the dweUings taken apart and re-constnacted back in Japan. The project is being handled by Reclamation Services of Painswick, which ships buildings to chents around the world. Compared with some of its other moves, this one should be a breeze: the company recently sent a Gothic church to the heart of a jungle in Behze. Ad Avoidance Product advertisements on commercial television networks may be a thing of the past—at least on videotaped copies of TV programs. Commercial Brake, a device made by Arista Technologies of Hauppauge, New York, is able to automatically sense the presence of commercial clusters and skip over them. While the VCR is recording a television program, the device monitors the electronic indicators that appear at the beginning and end of each commercial. At the same time, the unit records a timing and identification code onto the videotape. After the videotaping is completed. Commercial Brake identifies which indicators mark the beginning and end points of commercials. A "playback map" showing both the program and commercials in each recording is created and stored in the unit's memory. When the tape is played back and the program is interrupted by a commercial, the unit fades the TV screen to blue and signals the VCR to fast-scan through the break. This process, 5 or 10 seconds long, masks the normally garbled high-speed picture associated with the fast-scan mode. Then the taped TV program resumes. Cost: $200. ¦ Odor Armor Kba inc. of peachtree City, Georgia, is marketing a nonviolent rape deterrent called Rapel that is worn under clothing and is easy to use. In the event of an attack, the victim squeezes and breaks a plastic capsule containing a synthetic chemical. The liquid, when it comes in contact with skin, has a vile odor that should be enough, says the maker, to repulse an attacker. Cost: $35 (does not include cleaning). Ed Silveh (ind John Wojno CLOCKWISI! FROM TOI': KCCiri -AI'l'. [,AURV DO\VNING-NE\VS\VE!liK. LUIS Vll.i.O I A-STOCK .MAIIKLT. NC (21