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...appears to have not so much a strategy as a concept of grandeur. He is never satisfied with what he has. He operates by opportunity more than by plan and takes devastating risks if the gambles might expand his power. He believes in the ruthless use of force. When he thought Iran was weak, he invaded. When he thought he could get away with taking Kuwait, he invaded. Such conventional warfare is probably not available to him anymore. But intimidation is just as good, maybe better. Weapons of mass destruction could help him coerce the oil-rich Gulf and other...
...alleged assassin appears to be a political animal of a very different sort. Volkert van der Graaf, 32, who was arrested immediately after the shooting and arraigned on Wednesday, is an animal-rights activist and long-term member of an environmental group that legally challenges farmers who seek to expand their operations. A principled vegan who once told an interviewer he couldn't abide the cruelty of baiting a fishhook, Van der Graaf lived in the small town of Harderwijk with his wife and three-month-old baby. "He was not given to jokes or eccentricities," says Caroline Hoogendijk...
...sounds like enough for any politician to handle, but in Pennsylvania, the Republicans have raised the game to a whole new level. When a court threw out their carefully crafted redistricting plan, they decided to take the lemons and make lemonade. Not only would they make sure Republicans would expand their majority in the state's congressional delegation, they would find a way to hurt the two Democratic candidates for governor. In the end, it didn't pan out. But if it had, it would have been the masterstroke of this year's redistricting...
Depending on the success of NIBRI, Herrling said, Novartis may look to expand further in the Cambridge area...
Armenia also wants to expand relations with Western Europe, according to Kirakossian...