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...cruelty captured in powerful pictures of dead children and imprisoned adults succeeded in rousing moral outrage. Like it or not, the world looks to the U.S. to lead an international response. In Washington the curious alchemy of press coverage, public opinion and a presidential campaign abruptly transformed the distant saga of suffering into a political question too sharp to ignore: Is it wise for the West -- or is it required of the West -- to intervene with military force in the Balkans? Does the new world order that George Bush espouses encompass a minimal moral code, starting with the command...
...distant enemy, Saddam loves Bush. By keeping U.N. inspectors in search of weapons documents out of the Agriculture Ministry for 18 days, then allowing them inside only after insisting that no Americans could be on the team, Saddam was able to portray himself as a leader on the comeback trail, tenacious and triumphant even against a superpower foe. Senior U.S. and British officials believe that one reason Saddam provoked the showdown was to assert his authority after uncovering a coup plot two months ago that resulted in 200 executions. If Saddam can embarrass Bush and contribute to a Republican defeat...
...publication of some of this material in a Soviet magazine three years ago prompted a flood of recollections from other witnesses and led Radzinsky to distant provincial archives. He discovered a telegram that the local Bolshevik leaders had sent to Lenin the day before the killings. "The trial agreed upon . . . cannot bear delay, we cannot wait," it read, referring to earlier discussions in Moscow. "If your opinion is contrary inform immediately...
...world of sports ever held those virtues, that time seems a distant memory. These days the Sports news might more appropriately be found under Medicine, or Law, or Business. In the past few months alone, tragedy has followed travesty has followed cautionary tale: the former heavyweight champion of the world is serving six years in jail for rape; the most famous soccer player in the world is found to be a cocaine addict; the five-time Wimbledon champion of a decade ago, a model of grace and poise on the court, is humiliated yet again in the divorce courts. Even...
ALSO ABOVE IT ALL is Howie President, age 12, who, by virtue of his distant relation to Our Next President, had snared the coveted job of balloon dropper at the 2010 Democratic National Convention...