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...have scrawled afresh the old slogans of idealism and hatred: 'Up the I.R.A.' and 'Informers Beware' ... British command announced that children playing with toy guns run the risk of being shot. The reason for the statement was that children in Ulster these days sometimes carry real guns ... The backroom bombmakers rarely venture out, leaving the dirty work to carriers, most of them inexperienced teenagers. Six have died in bombing accidents this winter ... A strange mixture of secrecy and foolhardy openness marks the I.R.A. ... While I.R.A. men still execute informers, there are telephone numbers to call for accurate information on [which...
...That he has held important positions throughout most of his career is no accident?it's the result of careful planning and lots of backroom dealmaking. The ability to create stable alliances, avoid alienating former and future supporters and adjust strategies as circumstances require are essential traits of a strong political leader. Ozawa has all of these skills. In taking over the DPJ, his willingness to retain members of Maehara's executive team and appoint another former party president, Naoto Kan, as acting president are smart moves that preserve leadership continuity and keep the DPJ's younger members energized...
...Olmert, who was catapulted into the Kadima leadership after Sharon?s terminal illness, has a reputation as a tough, often acerbic backroom pol. Even so, he will need plenty more prayers to weave together a smooth-running government - not to mention working out peace with the radical Palestinians of Hamas...
...backroom wrangling about the wording of the Security Council statement will intensify next Monday when Undersecretary of State Nicholas Burns and his counterparts from the other Permanent Members of the Security Council plus Germany convene in Manhattan. As she did with Lavrov, Rice is expected to weigh in with her peers from the other countries, but it is possible that the Iran diplomacy may reach even higher levels of government. If it becomes necessary, says one U.S. official, President Bush himself could place a call or two to Moscow and Beijing...
TIME: Sony BMG and Warner Music agreed last year to stop bribing stations to play certain songs. How do you convince listeners that new music is being picked on its merits and not because of some backroom deal...