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Second, Engelmayer fails to distinguish between acting as if the world were rational, and planning rationally how best to deal with an irrational world. The method of principled negotiation outlined in "Getting to YES" is an attempt at the latter. Far from assuming or pleading for rationality, Fisher and Ury start from the premise that in most negotiations "people problems" are at least as determinative of the outcome as the merits, and deserving of equal attention. The point is simply not to confuse the two in deciding what to do. Don't try to treat Hitler's megalomania by making...
Reagan tried to distinguish his proposal from a similar but ill-fated attempt by his predecessor to offer something novel to the Soviets. In March 1977, Jimmy Carter sent Cyrus Vance to Moscow with an ambitious scheme to redirect the SALT talks by asking the Soviets to make deep cuts in their existing arsenal of intercontinental ballistic missiles. Like Reagan, Carter had outlined his proposals in public before submitting them formally to the Soviets. Also like Reagan, Carter hoped that the Soviets could be persuaded to dismantle existing weaponry in exchange for U.S. promises not to deploy a planned system...
...nudges of the handful of insiders who have a real fix on what's happening. You have to watch not only the noses, but those who are counting the noses." Adds Correspondent Evan Thomas, who helped cover last week's climactic Senate debate: "You sometimes have to distinguish between what you see and hear and what is really going on. The tension was palpable as the roll was called, but the issues had long since been argued, and most of the deals struck, in less public surroundings." Correspondent Johanna McGeary, who has been covering the AWACS story...
...Harvard-affiliated doctors accuse the test makers of implying in technical publications and literature for students that test preparation has less of an impact on scores than studies have shown. Moreover, Slack and Porter argue, ETS has only recently begun to distinguish between short-term "coaching," which it calls ineffective, and long-term "intensive training," which it now concedes can raise scores. Before making this distinction, Slack and Porter say, ETS misled students into thinking that even a school year's worth of special preparation would not affect math or verbal aptitude as measured by the SAT. Cameron...
...melting pot might rest as the most endearing of America's legends to its people, but only the most skilled raconteur of folklore could possibly weave the country's many pasts into a common present. The vestiges of a divided history appear all around us: ethnic differences often distinguish rioting, mob violence, and political lobbying as they do styles of eating and dressing. Yet, the vast divergence in living standards afflicting the country remains as the most constant reminder of our schizophrenic heritage. A visit to Roxbury or South Boston will show which ethnic group did not come over...