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What impressed people as "calm" was really a presidential strength: control. Carson was the master of the small gesture, and he would figuratively disarm himself by resting his hands in his pockets. That only made him stronger. He could hold us with both hands literally behind his back. His next-to-last program--on which he teared up as Bette Midler serenaded him with One for My Baby (and One More for the Road)--was one of his most memorable but least characteristic, because we almost saw him let loose the reins...
...getting elected may be the easy part. As President, Abbas will have to begin dismantling the pillars of Arafat's regime if he hopes to persuade Israel to return to the negotiating table. His first task is to disarm the gunmen of the Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, the Arafat-backed group that has ruled over Palestinian towns like gangsters. Senior Martyrs Brigades officials tell TIME that Abbas has offered to buy back their weapons to avoid a confrontation. But the militants have shown little sign of moderation. "We were the warlords under Arafat," says a Brigades leader in Ramallah...
Another effective tactic in his charm arsenal is to disarm with...
Israel is trying to bolster Abbas without openly embracing him. In a speech to Likud activists last week, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon backed away from long-standing demands that, as a starting point for peace negotiations, Palestinian leaders disarm militant organizations. Instead, Sharon hinted, he is willing to resume talks with Arafat's successors if they reduce anti-Israeli "incitement" in the Palestinian media and schools. But both sides know the era of good feeling may last only until the next terrorist attack. While Abbas is trying to secure an agreement from Hamas and Islamic Jihad not to strike before...
...foreign aid and by ensuring that it reaches the far corners of a country that has been ravaged by a six-year drought. With a little help from NATO friends, Washington must also extend the reach of the military civil-reconstruction teams into the mountainous provinces where they can disarm the warlords and build roads, schools and clinics. Armor-plated aid is needed to thrust into the southern and eastern regions where Taliban rebels find it easy to recruit Pashtun tribesmen who have received little relief from international agencies. Western diplomats in Kabul say that, at most, the Taliban, along...