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...once-doomed and now newly wedded Fairfax, Derfner gives a strong performance. Unlike most of the other actors, Derfner adds a distinctive edge to his character. Admirably, he wants to break through the stock character-ness of Fairfax, and for the most part succeeds in this endeavor...
NATO Defense ministers unanimously endorsed the Bosnian "implementation force," known as IFOR, and dubbed the mission Operation Joint Endeavor. General George Joulwan, NATO's European commander, said most of the 60,000 heavily armed troops from 15 different countries would be in the Balkans within a month of the signing of the Balkan peace agreement in Paris, now scheduled for mid-December...
...case, such an endeavor would not suit the national mood. According to a recent TIME/CNN poll, 73% of U.S. adults think the country should further reduce its involvement in world politics to concentrate on problems at home. Americans are more ignorant of foreign events than citizens in other advanced countries; the amount of foreign news in television and newspapers is dropping. Most Americans believe that spending on foreign aid constitutes 15% to 25% of the federal budget--they would consider 5% acceptable--when aid actually amounts to less than 1% of the budget (compared with 18% for defense...
...that historic September day on the White House lawn, Rabin warned Jews is the Diaspora that this peace process would not be so easy. It is not for any Jew to support Yasser Arafat in any endeavor. However, Arafat needs Western money and political support in order to create a viable democracy for the Palestinians. If the duly elected government of Israel can allocate millions of dollars to Arafat for this purpose, then the least we can do at Harvard is grant him a podium from which to make his plea for help and ignore the ravings of obstructionists such...
...help but wonder," Lee said. "I have friends who have moved out of Cambridge, but I don't see them making a major investment in my campaign endeavor...