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Back then when the U.S. got into trouble and Truman or Ike or Kennedy asked for help, Russell would gather up his 6-ft. frame, stick a forefinger into his somber vest and amble down those dim corridors to see if he could help his country. Everybody watching felt better when he arrived. There is something like that happening now to Senator Nunn. He trails a sense of reason and equilibrium on his journeys through the old Capitol's halls...
...Rice also warned Abbas that the Bush Administration took a dim view of the Palestinian leader's proposed trip to Damascus for a meeting with Hamas's exiled leader Khaled Mashaal in a bid to pacify the near-civil war that has erupted in recent months between militants of Fatah and Hamas. Rice made it clear to Abbas, said one Palestinian source, that "she's worried Hamas will impose its conditions on Abbas...
...Moreover, Palestinian officials say, their dim view of Rice's efforts is shared by other Arabs. One official spoke of a rift between the Bush Administration and the Saudis that has become so intense that "Abbas was advised by a Saudi official not to believe what Rice says or follow her instructions." Indeed, despite U.S. efforts to persuade Arab regimes to shun and isolate Hamas, the Saudis invited Hamas Prime Minister Ismael Haniyeh to join the Haj pilgrimage to Mecca, giving him royal treatment all the way, including use of a private jet that flew him from Egypt to Saudi...
...starting by trying to enjoy watching other people be awkward, then working your way toward enjoying your own awkwardness. Try hanging out in an elevator in William James. Awkwardness, guaranteed.Good luck,SaraDear Sara,How do you know if you have a terribly life-threatening food allergy? I went to dim sum with my friends this one time and after I ate one of the two dozen assorted items that was on the table, my throat closed up and my ears started itching. The thing is, I’m not sure whether the food was too hot or whether...
...proposal that is most dim-witted is the attempt to remedy the lack of representation of women and minorities by encouraging more freshmen to run. Freshman elections in the UC are by far the most competitive and it is always too early to remedy representative imbalances at this stage of the process—often just a month or two into freshman year.Furthermore, freshmen are the most likely to drop out the next year because they are vulnerable to alienation from the UC culture. To propose this as a solution for increasing the number of women is to have...