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Former Massachusetts governor and 1988 Democratic presidential nominee Michael S. Dukakis--speaking to approximately 600 people at the Kennedy School of Government last night--said that the U.S. must first solve its domestic problems before Americans can commit to a stronger presence abroad...
Without a new social order, said the former governor, Americans are unwilling to commit resources abroad...
...lesson of Vietnam" is many things to many people. To the military, the lesson is never to commit forces without being committed to winning. In the Bush administration, this interpretation has been refined into the "doctrine of invincible force...
...each contract period," says Patricia Greenfield, a labor relations scholar at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst. "[It is based on] the concept that workers are entitled by virtue of their continuing work with an organization to an increasing standard of living and that...as they continually commit to the organization, the organization has to continually commit to them...
...professional mercenary." Two other businessmen, the advertiser, Richard Michael Savage, and an associate of his, were convicted of conspiracy in the murder. Soldier of Fortune, the court ruled, was negligent in publishing an ad that clearly indicated the advertiser was "ready, willing and able to use his gun to commit crimes" and presented a "danger of harm to the public...