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...polishing a full draft of a proposed peace treaty that Christopher expects to put before the three Presidents as soon as talks begin. Holbrooke's tempo has some critics, notably in the French Foreign Ministry. They contend it results in the papering over of contentious details that may crop up later to wreck a seeming agreement. Holbrooke's answer is that stopping to iron out all the details is a sure formula for having negotiations--and war and bloodshed--drag on forever...
...Democrats nor the Republicans speak for the majority of Americans, and the first to understand that many believe in a moderate, sensible balance of government involvement in our life. Powell is a breath of fresh air to the majority of voting Americans, who distrust and dislike the current crop of elected officials in Washington. BOB FALCONE Colorado Springs AOL: BoBFireman...
There is virtually nothing in Powell's book that locates his thinking on the current crop of divisive national issues. He says "our leaders" must be "willing to talk straight to the American people" about entitlement programs like Medicare and Social Security, but he doesn't--and refused to elaborate in last week's interview with TIME. Affirmative action is good except when it's bad, he says. Jobs "are the best answer to most of our social ills...We have to start thinking of America as a family." And so he goes, on and on in a series...
While it is true that Harvard lost driver Jose Busquets '95, who led the 1994 team with 77 goals and five two-pointers, sophomore Andy Davis--a 48.3 shooting percentage as a freshman--should do well in his place. And this year's crop of freshmen include Michael Zimmerman, the brother of Jeff Zimmerman '94, one of Harvard's all-time best players...
People offered me drugs, alcohol and ham-burgers in return for promising to run their picture in the paper. It wasn't long before I found out that potatoes, the namesake crop of the festival, were not the only greenery to be found in the county's fields...