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...covertly, as in Iran in 1953, Guatemala in 1954 and Chile in 1973. Large invading forces and long postwar occupations were not part of the deal, mostly because they clashed violently with a piece of national character that we're all taught in school: Americans deter and defend; we don't attack, and we don't conquer. It wasn't entirely true, but it was true enough so that when we broke our rule, we tried to keep it quiet. Bush believes that Americans now live in a kill-or-be-killed world and must behave accordingly: "America will...
...economic team may very well be pushing next year for a complete overhaul of the tax code. Bush has not fully settled on the idea, but it makes political sense. It would show the Administration taking a big swipe at fixing the economy and would allow Bush to defend any new tax cuts by arguing that the reductions are just one part of making the system fairer...
...Everyone in our secondary is going to have to defend Chas Gesnner,” Murphy said. “We’re going to mix it up. We’ll use some man, zone, single, and double [coverage]. We need to keep them guessing...
...Israeli thinking since the 1991 Persian Gulf War. Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld has spoken out against the policy change, saying that it would be in Israel’s best interests not to get involved. But Israel is a sovereign nation; it unquestionably has the right to defend itself from an Iraqi strike...
Catholic hospitals actually make up the bulk of the problem. Even though the Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services, which govern Catholic hospitals, states that “A female who has been raped should be able to defend herself against a potential conception from the sexual assault,” a nationwide survey found that 82 percent of their emergency rooms did not offer the morning-after pill to women who had been raped...