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When William Butler Yeats sat down to write about the 1916 Easter rebellion in Dublin, he knew it marked a rupture in Ireland's fabric. Before 1916 was one state of affairs; after it, all was "changed, changed utterly." Sept. 11, we have come to think, is an event for modern America much as Easter 1916 was for Ireland. At home the U.S. is supposed to be different from the way it was; abroad it has ostensibly found a fresh definition of its role in the world...
When William Butler Yeats sat down to write about the 1916 Easter rebellion in Dublin, he knew it marked a rupture in Ireland's fabric. Before 1916 was one state of affairs; after it, all was "changed, changed utterly." Sept. 11, we have come to think, is an event for modern America much as Easter 1916 was for Ireland. At home the U.S. is supposed to be different from the way it was; abroad it has ostensibly found a fresh definition of its role in the world...
Thomson’s work with the Nieman Foundation, which awards fellowships for mid-career journalists to study at Harvard, was “absolutely the highpoint of his working life,” said his stepdaughter, Anne Butler in a press release...
TIME: You say Russian skepticism and hostility were complicating factors during your tenure. How has Russia's attitude changed? BUTLER: Today the Russians are much more careful about their support of Saddam, especially because of their new relationship with the U.S. Whether it will go to the point where Russia would actually join in a coalition of forces against him I strongly doubt...
TIME: Isn't an offer to discuss inspections better than nothing at all? BUTLER: This proposal does not represent a move by Iraq to comply with the resolutions of the Security Council. So while it may sound logical to say, "Better anything than go to war," it doesn't mean anything. Those talks have been had. We must have one last, serious shot at getting inspections restored in Iraq, real inspections, not phony ones, before going to war. The U.S. must go to Russia and say, "Let's together make clear to Iraq that we mean business...