The Russian linguists are being retrained. He says that 100 years ago, the houses were wood and we needed fire stations on every corner. Now, they're made of brick and concrete and come with sprinkler systems. The Fire Union might argue that you still need a fire station on every corner, he told the reporter, but that's not necessarily true. If you want to have a system that gives some people access and not other people, then you need a lot of folks to stand around, sign forms and generally make sure that everything is running smoothly.
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GAK requires a large bureaucracy to administer it. The article also has some anecdotes about how the agency protected US firms abroad. One company was alerted that its European competitor was bribing the Latin American officials who were choosing the winning bid. Also, when the Peso collapsed, the US negotiators had access to some information that the Mexican government wasn't being as forthcoming as they should have been about the country's assets. Wayner You can purchase the complete articles from the Baltimore Sun by dialing 410-332 6962.