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...plan, and have warned this could be Cyprus' last opportunity to find a solution. "There is no Plan B," said U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell last week. Far from getting another "bite at the cherry," as one U.N. official puts it, Greek Cypriots may be facing de facto permanent partition of their island, barring them from one of the most fertile and picturesque parts of their beloved homeland. Cyprus has been keeping international negotiators busy since an Athens-backed coup triggered the invasion of the northern part of the island by Turkish troops in 1974. Today, U.N. peacekeepers still...
...That discrepancy may explain why President Bush's approval Wednesday of Sharon's plan to unilaterally redraw the de facto boundaries between Israel and the Palestinians has provoked a chorus of criticism in the Middle East and Europe. Perhaps mindful of the inevitable backlash, President Bush framed his endorsement of Israel's claim to keep the bulk of its settlements in the West Bank as consistent with previous peace plans. "In light of new realities on the ground, including already existing major Israeli population centers, it is unrealistic to expect that the outcome of final status negotiations will...
Because we have tethered a dry erase marker to our bathroom mirror, it has come to function as a de facto white board. The notes we leave to each other—about an impending housing lottery, say, or about the necessity of replacing the hand soap—invariably begin with the same salutation: “Girls...
...researcher-writer for Let’s Go. He doubted he would get the call that his friends had been receiving all week. In response to the suggestion that he might be an alternate, he doesn’t mince words. “Being an alternate is de facto rejection.” The next morning, he received an e-mail from Let’s Go. As he predicted, he had been rejected...
...orbit," says McKinnon. "Karen is a constant compass for the President; she's true north." Other insiders say privately that Hughes did more than shape Bush's message when she was in the White House. Within a circle of advisers dominated by conservatives, Hughes ended up the de facto moderate on domestic policy. She was the guardian of Bush's "compassionate conservative" image and was constantly pushing to have the President focus and speak out on issues like health care and education. She pestered him so often about the environment that Bush dubbed her a "lima green bean." His other...