Word: dealing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Kiely's only stipulation of the deal, Del Deo recalls, was that the young artist keep the master apprised of his progress. And over the five years that Del Deo would utilize the space and become closer to the Kiely family--first as a House resident and then as a House tutor--he would draw up a letter to Kiely with details of the week's work and leave it on Kiely's desk...
...Milosevic himself now represents a morally repugnant dilemma. As engineer of the brutality, he is both the man we have to deal with and the man we want no dealings with whatsoever. Threats to charge him with war crimes at the Hague tribunal may feel good, but an indictment would disqualify diplomats from sitting in the same room with him. He may have committed too many terrible deeds for the West, in good conscience, to make political deals with...
...greatest irony of this situation, of course, is that for a decade Milosevic was supposed to be the antidote for war in the Balkans. In deal after deal, Western diplomats worked with him whenever his false promises offered a cheap, if distasteful way out of crisis after crisis. Now we are paying the price for thinking he was ever a man the West could do business with...
...Russia; the possible chain reaction of instability in Macedonia and Albania; and above all the terrible tide of human misery flooding out of Kosovo. In fact, for Milosevic, the refugees have become his most potent offensive weapon, distracting NATO's leaders as they struggle to find a way to deal with hundreds of thousands of displaced persons...
...becoming the monster of the 21st century. The Chinese government steals technology from the U.S., sells arms and technology illegally to other countries, violates human rights with impunity, amasses nuclear weapons, continues to occupy Tibet and threatens Taiwan's safety and security. Yet it always gets a sweetheart deal from the U.S. and is crowned a most favored nation. By the time we finally wake up, the monster will have emerged full-fledged. CHARLES PUTHOTA Milwaukee...