Word: appearences
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...calm that almost three years of Israeli military action failed to achieve. The Israelis say the "hudna" simply gives them breathing space to reorganize and rearm, and that without a crackdown the resumption of terror is inevitable. The differences over how the Palestinians proceed on the security front appear to be intractable, at least to the extent that they're left up to the Israelis and Palestinians themselves to resolve. President Bush will now be forced to not only act as promoter and referee in the peace process, but as choreographer and ringmaster. And that's unlikely...
...country's 3.5 million people appear desperate for foreign intervention, particularly by the U.S., which many still view as Liberia's godfather more than 150 years after the country was founded by freed American slaves. Foreign diplomats say the risk that the U.S. will face resistance is low. "The Liberian people love Americans too much," says a Western regional analyst in Monrovia. "This really is one country in Africa where it would be relatively easy to solve the problem with a small stabilization force and a small capital investment...
...strong backing from Disney, but that has proved to be a liability among some of the other major studios. His chief rival is John Breaux, the Democratic Senator from Louisiana, who is popular with the Bush White House. Other rumored candidates, among them former Senator Fred Thompson of Tennessee, appear to have fallen back...
Democrats hoping the Green Party would stay out of the 2004 presidential race appear to be out of luck. At the Greens' national committee meeting held in Washington, D.C., over the weekend, the discussion focused more on who and how, rather than whether or not, to run. Ralph Nader and former Democratic Rep. Cynthia McKinney are the best-known of those considering a bid for the party's nomination, but at least four others - three of whom appeared at a candidate forum during the meeting - are ready to enter the fray...
...camera crews made final adjustments and microphones were nudged—and the courtroom’s large clock set forward to read 7 p.m. so that the taped first portion of the broadcast would appear to be live that evening—Dershowitz paced the courtroom floor a few minutes before the trial’s actual 2 p.m. start. Looking lost in intense thought at times and grinning boyishly at others, he set the tone for the afternoon and evening’s events: a very serious scrutiny of a recreational pastime, a prosecution for crimes against...