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...trip they took together that Gingrich claims changed his life forever. It occurred when he was 14 and went with his father to the World War I battlefield of Verdun, France. They wandered the fields, scene of ghastly sacrifice, with its solemn tombs for soldiers from each country, and then slipped into the ossuary. But there were private stairs leading down to a basement, walled off by glass windows that had been painted black to hide what was inside. The paint had peeled, so they decided to take a peek...
...collective tombstone; it says, "These shall not be forgotten." And, though I certainly think it both right and inevitable that the Confederate cause lost, I think it's also important to remember that it was not so terribly long ago that Harvard classmates faced each other on the battlefield. A Confederate war memorial is not a reinforcement of slavery or white supremacy; it is a testimony to the fact that thousands of people--intelligent, brave and moral people--can be terribly, tragically wrong and die before they find that...
...three leaders had just collaborated on a remarkable achievement. When they began negotiations 21 days before, as political enemies and former battlefield foes, they carried with them lists of unyielding demands and untouchable interests. In the isolation of the air base and under the unrelenting hectoring of mediating diplomats, they began slowly to bend and then to compromise in the interest of fashioning a peace. By the time they left last Tuesday, all of them had accepted much they had sworn they never would, and had agreed to end a war that has killed untold thousands and left nearly...
...that pace be kept up? The omens are not entirely favorable. One indispensable condition for peace does finally exist: a battlefield stalemate that all sides would run a big risk trying to break. On the other hand, the three Presidents are coming into the talks with very different goals that will not be easy to reconcile. A senior U.S. official sums them up this...
...tapped in recent days by the Powell team have come away from the conversations skeptical that he will run. Several noted that Republican Party regulars are historically suspicious of insurgent candidates. Nor do they see him as an eager rebel anyway. So it may be that, having eyeballed the battlefield, the general may not attack after...