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Washington Sept. 27, 1993 For four days the diagram of the proceedings had been drawn and redrawn, until finally it was agreed they all would stand to talk, sit to sign, stand again. Clinton was to act as stage manager. He would reach for the hand of Rabin at the crucial moment, turn next to shake the hand of Arafat, then step back half a pace and enfold the 1945-1955 The decade after 1945 saw jubilation at the arrival of peace, and anxiety as the Cold War took shape — and a wedding took place in London...
...proposal to tamper with the interpretation of the Geneva Conventions and put detainees on trial without letting them see all the evidence against them would have far-reaching consequences because it would invite future enemies to do the same, or worse, to Americans they capture. That argument has drawn strong support from such powerful voices as Colin Powell, former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and ex--Secretary of State, who in a rare public criticism of Bush policy sent McCain a letter warning that "the world is beginning to doubt the moral basis of our fight against terrorism...
...South Australian Desert and skirt the vast expanse of Lake Eyre's salt flats. Although cattle are transported in trucks these days, and make it to market in a matter of hours, doing it the old way takes up to six weeks. But relax: only your guides - drawn from the ranks of Australia's last generation of drovers - will do the full stint. City slickers join for a piffling five days at a time, and the conditions are hardly onerous. Tents are carpeted, there's a portable bar and library, meals include hot buffet breakfasts and gourmet dinners, and bathrooms...
...know, those four hundred people. On the plus side: no p-sets, your TF won’t notice if you don’t read, and you get an extra swing at the final term paper with a graded first draft. The requirements have also been significantly drawn down to the tune of one less paper since the course was first offered. Awesome...
Back in the 1970s, when Texas politicians still drank, smoked and sparred in dark smoky bars, The Quorum Club was Austin's premier political watering hole. There at the big corner table, you'd find a cast of political characters drawn in bold Texas strokes-men with firm handshakes and loud laughs, men who had been nurtured by LBJ and knew politics, by and large, for that matter, mostly men. Most women in the room then were decorative. Except Ann Richards, the onetime Texas governor with the sharp tongue and quick wit, who died Wednesday...