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...part of the deal, mostly because they clashed violently with a piece of national character that we're all taught in school: Americans deter and defend; we don't attack, and we don't conquer. It wasn't entirely true, but it was true enough so that when we broke our rule, we tried to keep it quiet. Bush believes that Americans now live in a kill-or-be-killed world and must behave accordingly: "America will act against such emerging threats before they are fully formed. We cannot defend America and our friends by hoping for the best...
...Arafat new life and a ready excuse for his inability--or refusal, as Israelis see it--to rein in militants. At 6:30 p.m. Sharon convened a meeting of his Cabinet and announced a plan to isolate his old enemy but not exile or kill him. As the meeting broke up, Israel Defense Forces tanks were already moving on Arafat's compound...
...Princeton might have a good justification for their action. But the vast majority of students do adhere to the Early Decision commitment, creating little problems for the two top-tier schools. Furthermore, if colleges created a comprehensive agreement where Early Action schools agreed not to enroll students who broke a binding commitment elsewhere, then the problem would be solved—and such a system is not beyond the realm of possibility. For a student to break an Early Decision commitment to attend another institution requires a substantial lack of integrity; the Early Action institution to which the applicant would...
...Basically I’m broke,” laughs Jace Clayton ’97, a.k.a. DJ /rupture, “so I’m incredibly picky about buying records.” Thanks to the Internet, though, /rupture has quickly become a household name among fans of bleeding-edge dance music. His bootleg mix album Gold Teeth Thief, which met universal acclaim last year in staple publications such as The Wire and Vibe, has been downloaded by thousands from /rupture’s Soot Records website (www.negrophonic.com). Some consider it one of the best...
...might be bombed a couple of times, but there's not much there except a few sheep. Instead, the Georgians expect a Russian military operation to break Georgia's grip on the Kodori Valley. Several pieces of Georgia have been nibbled away by Russian-backed separatist insurgencies since Georgia broke from the Soviet Union. The most independently-minded region is Abkhazia, to which the Georgian-held Kodori valley is the strategic gateway. And Georgian officials fear that if Russian pressure forces their troops out of the valley in the coming days and weeks, that could bring down Shevardnadze's government...