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...allies on board during the Gulf War, the first Bush administration insisted, under threat of withholding U.S. aid, that Israel refrain from building settlements in the West Bank and Gaza, and pressed it to open negotiations with the Palestinians. Ironically, the global anti-terror campaign may presage a more activist peacemaking role by the new Bush administration, too. It even has the potential to foster unprecedented security cooperation between Washington and such hitherto "untouchable" regimes as Iran and Syria. But there are profound dangers, too. A wider war between the West and the Arab and Muslim world is precisely what...
...performed the first human-to-human heart transplant in 1967; of an asthma attack; while vacationing in Cyprus. More dramatic than the surgery itself--Barnard called the technique "basic"--was that he proceeded when other heart-transplant surgeons, who had operated only on animals, were reluctant. An antiapartheid activist, he caused a stir when he later transplanted the heart of a young man of mixed race into a well-to-do white man. The thrice-married Barnard unabashedly enjoyed the fruits of his fame. "I love the female sex," he told TIME earlier this month. "I like to enjoy life...
When Kim became President in 1998, expectations were high. As Korea's best-known pro-democracy activist, he had been jailed, beaten and nearly executed by Korea's military strongmen. After finally making it to the Blue House, he wasted no time in launching a peace offensive and flying to Pyongyang in June 2000 for a historic summit. At the awards ceremony in Oslo last October, the chairman of the Nobel committee compared Kim to Mandela and Gandhi...
...military dictatorships?unshakable self-confidence, an unwilling-ness to compromise, a fiery independent streak?have turned into liabilities. Even supporters say his authoritarian style and inability to listen have contributed to a political crisis that culminated in last week's train wreck. Sohn Ho Cheol, a former student activist and expert on Korean politics at Sogang University, says he was once jailed for helping Kim. Today he is disillusioned with what he calls an imperial presidency: "He has disappointed so many people. The Nobel Prize made him more alienated from the people, more arrogant...
...When Kim became President in 1998, expectations were high, perhaps too high, because of his remarkable rEsumE. The country's leading pro-democracy activist, he had endured jailings, beatings and a near execution by Korea's military strongmen. Arriving at the Blue House, he wasted no time launching his peace offensive toward North Korea, flying to Pyongyang last June for a landmark summit. At the awards ceremony in Oslo last October, the chairman of the Nobel committee compared Kim to Mandela, Sakharov and Gandhi: "To outside observers, Kim's invincible spirit may appear almost superhuman." But after a honeymoon...