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...obligations. But there will be a subtext. Bush's bottom line, says a senior Administration official, will be "if [the U.N] doesn't do something, we will." Diplomacy, where what is said in public is merely a useful guide to private conviction, has a curious logic. In essence, Washington believes it is more likely to get a multilateral solution on Iraq if it appears ready to take action unilaterally...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bush Isn't as Lonely as He Looks | 9/9/2002 | See Source »

...year, Washington's mushrooming aviation-security apparatus has concentrated on keeping anything that looks remotely like a weapon off airplanes. A G.I. Joe's toy gun. A granny's knitting needle. Everyone's nail clippers. Yet now the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is on the verge of a curious reversal. Next month the U.S. Senate is expected to pass legislation authorizing pilots to carry guns on planes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pilots Packing Heat | 9/2/2002 | See Source »

...meat and butter one wants but must cut out cereal and bread. And if Sieger is puzzled by certain aspects of the diet--among other things, the initial phase is so low in fiber that constipation is often a problem--she finds merit in others. "I guess I'm curious to see if it works," she says. "I'm willing to give...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cracking the Fat Riddle | 9/2/2002 | See Source »

...nephew to reconstruct a house he built himself in the 1970s. They're hurrying to complete two rooms before winter?each requires 10,000 bricks?so the 16 members of their extended family will have shelter. There is a tentative sense that peace may last, due to a curious partnership of the coalition army and the divine. "Thanks to God, we have no fear," says Obaidullah, a tailor, who is rebuilding with the help of his five brothers and their wives. But when the structures are done, the neighborhood will still have no power and no clean water...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: One Brick at a Time | 9/2/2002 | See Source »

According to the report, LeMenager was curious about Yale’s website, as it had been a topic of much debate among Princeton admissions staff, who were contemplating a possible switch to a similar electronic notification system...

Author: By Eugenia B. Schraa, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Princeton Ends Internal Investigation | 8/16/2002 | See Source »

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