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...events of the past 12 days have highlighted what may be fatal flaws in the peace process, which may leave President Clinton spending his final months in office trying to avert a war rather than cement the final peace agreement for which he'd pressed so hard at Camp David. Indeed, the high-stakes battle for control over Jerusalem that began at Camp David when the sticking point became whether Israelis or Palestinians would have sovereignty in those parts of the city captured by Israel in 1967 has sparked a region-wide fire that could torch much of the progress...
...Being on strike for several days now, I've had plenty of time to think. I've thought about how the anticipated actors' and writers' strike will shut down all production, leaving 272,000 workers unemployed if the various factions of the entertainment industry don't avert the work stoppage between now and mid-2001, when contracts expire. I've realized that at the moment, 4,400 bus and rail operators are going without pay and 450,000 weekday public transportation users are struggling to get to work. So now I'm thinking that striking isn't actually cool...
...Western powers already agree on the need to dramatically overhaul the system. The question is whether they're willing or able to invest the political and material resources that would make it possible, and also how they'll revise the international body's rules to allow speedy intervention to avert humanitarian tragedies...
...sitting next to me and I knew he was eavesdropping on our conversation from the beginning. Every time I'd turn my head a bit in his direction he'd just keep staring over at us. He was so blatant about it. He didn't even bother to avert his gaze. He was unashamed to be caught eavesdropping...
...already earned an Olympic berth on the Hungarian national team. A surprise result from the U.S. Olympic Trials meant that Gyorffy will be up against some familiar competition in Sydney. Texas's Erin Aldrich--the only athlete to beat Gyorffy at NCAA Outdoors this past season--managed to twice avert disaster this weekend and sneak onto the U.S. Olympic Team...