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Despite the arm twisting, the defections mounted. In fact, they were fueled to some degree by resentment of Sununu's strong-arm tactics, which some Republicans derided as "all stick and no carrot." The Democrats had no more success in keeping their members in line. At a White House meeting, Bush and Foley agreed that the Speaker could offer the Democratic majority a carrot: assurances that the most objectionable details in the plan could be changed in the next two weeks, before the final legislation was to be passed. Foley took this word to the Democratic caucus, along with...
...make much sense." It is painfully true, as Kelly put it, under intense congressional questioning last week, that "it did not succeed." But that does not necessarily mean it was illogical. There are only two basic ways to deal with a rogue nation -- isolation (the stick) or involvement (the carrot) -- and the argument over which path to pursue is unending...
TURNING STICKS INTO CARROTS. Senator Bob Dole's proposal to shave Israel's $3 billion in foreign aid has met with heavy resistance. Now some in the Bush Administration are considering using a carrot: encouraging Israel to make peace with the Palestinians by increasing aid. They recall the Camp David accords, in which U.S. aid served as a sort of signing bonus. The rationale then was to compensate Israel for the security costs caused by surrender of the Sinai. The same justification is being considered again: if Israel trades land for peace, the U.S. should defray any expenses associated with...
...northward migration of the killer bees. Magazine articles that describe "Blank's Lonely Fight Against Blank." Anything that Jean-Paul Sartre ever wrote, said or thought. The intellectual life of Roseanne Barr. The works of Erica Jong, who once composed a poem with this line: "Actually we believe the carrot to be/ God's penis...
...SONG, we think that our society should strive to stimulate the love of learning via a carrot, not a stick. We should encourage kids who learn by praising them, not by ostracizing them from their peers and into the libraries...