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...Although the first team of actual inspectors arrives next Monday and is expected to start visiting previously inspected sites two days later, the Dec. 8 deadline remains a moment of truth, or more correctly, the start of a countdown to a moment of truth. Some overly gung-ho reports in the U.S. media suggest that Washington will immediately cry foul if Iraq's declaration doesn't match the Bush Administration's suspicions of its WMD programs. It's not quite that simple: The inspectors are being sent back precisely to investigate any discrepancy between what Saddam says...
...Countdown to War? If Iraq rejects the latest Security Council resolution or tries to block the inspectors from the get-go, the U.S. will likely move to launch an attack as soon as it has the requisite forces in position. But assuming the inspectors are allowed to return and conduct their work unhindered, the Security Council is unlikely to hear from Blix before his 60-day report-back in early January. If Iraq's conduct to that point fails to meet UN requirements, the U.S. will likely push for action. Strategic analysts tend to agree that the window for launching...
...elegance or grandeur. Nor is the new Olympic Village being carved out of marble from Mount Pentelicus, the pride of ancient architects. But the tempo of building is impressive - even Periclean. And it comes not a moment too soon. The Games begin in less than 690 days - as digital countdown signs at major construction sites helpfully remind the workers - and despite remarkable progress in recent months, serious doubts remain about whether all the projects will be completed on time. In April 2000, Juan Antonio Samaranch, then president of the International Olympic Committee (I.O.C.), warned that the Games were endangered...
...boycotted the Senior Kickoff at the Kong. Mine was a silent protest against the perverse notion of celebrating a countdown to the scariest day of all time. But that was back in the triple digits, 102 days to be exact, when I was still dating my thesis and smooching my neighbor on the sly. It’s a whole different ballgame when you’re in the thirties and you actually have to start planning for a life of posts: post-graduation, post.harvard.edu, postpartum depression, post office, Post cereal—and the list goes on. Some seniors...
...disabled events - which include an 800-m wheelchair race, table-tennis singles and 50-m and 100-m swimming races - incorporated into the Games' main program. In addition, any medals won by disabled athletes will count toward their country's overall medal tally. Last week, Queen Elizabeth began the countdown to the Games by handing a baton containing a goodwill message to the Commonwealth to Sir Roger Bannister, the first man to run a mile in under four minutes. The baton will make a 95,000-km journey through 23 Commonwealth countries before coming back to Britain in June, where...