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...confirm Fahd's waning authority, his proxy in Amman, Crown Prince Abdullah, played an important role in persuading Syria's Assad to moderate his views. Moreover, the absence of the Saudi monarch served, as it turned out, to cast more of the spotlight on Jordan's Hussein, who has emerged in recent years as the Arabs' most active statesman. In the end, it was Hussein who persuaded Assad and Saddam Hussein to talk directly to each other...
...Pandemonium breaks out in the Senate Caucus Room as the Judiciary Committee members jump up and down on their chairs giving the bewildered Judge Reinhold the raspberry. Once again, the Senate has affirmed its Constitutional right to confirm, reject or tease a Presidential nominee to the Supreme Court...
...help for it: the greatest risk of all would be to confirm investors' fears that U.S. economic policy will remain paralyzed by indecision and partisan bickering. That might bring on a still worse crash, a world financial crisis and a shattering global recession. Moreover, there does seem to be a way out. In outline: Start now a program to cut the budget deficit steadily and substantially through a mixture of spending cuts and, yes, tax increases. Cushion the blow to the American economy -- and there will be some blow -- by easing Federal Reserve monetary policy and allowing interest rates...
Although the appointment awaits the approval of the CUNY Board of Trustees, Brinkley said he has been told that it is nearly certain they will confirm the offer made last May. The offer came just weeks after the History Department voted against offering a permanent post to Brinkley...
After a calm morning, a rumor wafts through the exchange: Iran is about to accept a cease-fire in its gulf war with Iraq. High-tech stocks like Matsushita and Fujitsu take off. But the Japanese government cannot confirm the report, and stocks retreat. In the final hour, a wave of panic selling drives the index down by 1203.23 points, to 23,201.22. It is Tokyo's second worst one-day beating ever...