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...preclude us from socializing with the man. Remember the principle of principles: diplomacy. When diplomacy fails, there's always more diplomacy. We must not let the nation be guided by any sort of moral compass, which of course is what Giuliani invoked, as if we were about to embark on another Crusade...
Candidates are also talking tough about crime. The current council is readying to embark on a search to replace outgoing Police Commissioner Perry L. Anderson, and Councillor Katherine L. Born is calling for "continued community policing efforts...
Anticipation buoys these sweepstakes-hardened pros as they embark on yet another chapter in their eternal quest for the perfect "face at the door," one that can be videotaped for use in the company's ubiquitous television commercials. Raw emotion sells, and Prize Patrol members consider themselves connoisseurs of screams and tears. The all-time champion is Emma Taylor of Gary, Indiana, whose joyful if repetitive response to being declared a winner earned her the nickname "the thank-you-Jesus lady...
...weeks later, Powell got the news he was waiting for: he and his 400-man battalion would embark on Operation Grasshopper, an extended patrol down A Shau Valley. The journey marked Powell's introduction not only to combat but also to its deadly consequences...
Talbott then placed a call to Holbrooke, who had been dispatched to the Balkans on Aug. 14 to promote a new peace initiative the Americans were pursuing. Hol brooke was in Paris preparing to embark for Belgrade to meet with Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic. Talking on their secure line, Talbott and Holbrooke concluded that the U.S.plan would have no credibility if Washington stood by and allowed the shelling to go unpunished. Talbott then telephoned the U.S. embassy in Sarajevo requesting confirmation that the mortar attack had come from the Bosnian Serbs. By 1 p.m. Washington time the embassy had reported...