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Robert L. Grenzeback ’06, who worked on several Democratic campaigns this year, predicts Kerry will run a strong race, whether or not he will have to contend with Gore...
This time, the now-incarcerated gangster Paul Vitti fakes insanity to get himself released from jail and into the custody of Ben Sobel. Sobel, of course, has problems of his own to contend with, including the recent death of his father. Putting the two together again can only mean trouble. And, of course, a great premise for a sequel...
...bloodshed of military action. Proponents of containment point out that it has been a cornerstone of American foreign policy since the end of World War II, with the threat of massive U.S. retaliation deterring dictators such as Stalin and Mao from using their arsenals of destructive weapons. These advocates contend that the 11 relatively quiet years since the end of the Gulf War, especially the four years since Iraq expelled the previous group of U.N. weapons inspectors, prove that Hussein would never risk his life or his power in order to strike the U.S. or its allies. Senator Carl Levin...
Maintaining an opposing viewpoint, Hehir invoked the “just war theory,” first suggested by St. Augustine, to contend that war with Iraq would be immoral...
Since Pakistan's parliamentary elections in October, Musharraf has faced growing opposition in the National Assembly. Jamali's party, the Pakistan Muslim League (Quaid), which Musharraf hoped would do his bidding, fell far short of a majority, and the President has had to contend with angry anti-American clergymen and wily old pols from parties that he tried to crush...