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...most fractious moment in U.S.-Israeli relations since Ronald Reagan tried in vain to stop Israel's advance on Beirut in 1982. Bush's decision to abandon quiet diplomacy and publicly flag his determination to push the Shamir government toward a peaceful resolution of its conflict with its Arab neighbors left Israel stunned -- but largely unrepentant. After days of bellicose statements from Shamir hinting that he would rather see the peace conference founder than withdraw his request for loan guarantees, Israel offered one carrot. "Israel is not seeking a confrontation with the U.S., its ally," said Foreign Minister David Levy...
...budget deadline approaches, it becomes clear that the Democratic Congress will not tolerate all the president's cuts. But the president refuses to abandon the cuts and will not raise taxes--he even vetoes a first budget which does. Finally, at the eleventh hour and fifty-nine minutes, the president agrees to an income tax increase for persons earning over $100,000. Progressives cannot hail a victory, though. In the final analysis, says the Democratic House leader, "Nobody...
...able to convince every Arab leader that ending Israeli settlements in the territories should not be a precondition for peace talks. Baker failed only to convince the President. Bush's obstinance and insensitivity to Israel can only cause problems for next month's peace conference. Strong U.S. demands to abandon settlements in the territories may only anger the Israeli government into sitting out the talks...
...recently fired executives to frustrated college graduates to idle youths hanging out on street corners. Some haven't worked in months or years; others have never worked. With the economy in the doldrums and companies slashing payrolls, the ranks of the discouraged have been swelling rapidly as many workers abandon their search for jobs as hopeless. More than 981,000 Americans have dropped out of the labor market because of a lack of prospects -- up 12% from last year and 14% from 1989. When the Labor Department first started tracking the group in 1967, it found about 500,000 work...
Could he really introduce genuine democratic choice in Soviet elections, terrifying and infuriating apparatchiks from one end of the U.S.S.R. to the other? Did he dare abandon the Communist Party's monopoly on political power? Could the system tolerate a free press? Could the Soviet people stand to hear the truth about their own past? Could they adjust to some version of free- market economics...