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...least two facts about last week's news are cause for skepticism. The first is that the "merger" was negotiated in complete secrecy. Even the Radcliffe staff was informed of the college's fate only last week. The Harvard and Radcliffe communities were presented with a fait accompli. And nobody likes those. Last Wednesday could have represented the culmination of a year-long campus-wide discussion on what is best for Radcliffe. Instead, we got a gleeful announcement from the top: "Hey, guys," they seemed to be saying. "Look what we did! Isn't it great>" Time will tell...
...tore through Kosovo "with complete ferocity," says a NATO official. "The intensity was not anticipated." And now NATO is scrambling to revise its war plan in a race against time. "He's working very, very fast," said NATO commanding General Wesley Clark, "trying to present the world with a fait accompli...
...prime minister Tariq Aziz had been expected to hold out an olive branch at an international press conference Thursday; instead, even as U.S. forces streamed into the Gulf region, the angry and defiant Iraqi spokesman said Baghdad would make no concessions. "Iraq has accepted a U.S. attack as a fait accompli," says TIME U.N. correspondent William Dowell. "They see it as the next step in their battle against sanctions. Iraq believes it can withstand U.S. attacks, and that pressure from Arab countries will eventually force Washington to back down...
...Moore's fait accompli would not finally come until shortly after a Penn score. Whether it was a sense of urgency or simply the hand of fate, Moore's equalizer and Miller's tally shortly thereafter allowed Harvard to finally make good on its threats...
...Dowell points out that there is no easy resolution in Indonesia: While the army recognizes the need to replace Suharto, until an obvious successor emerges they?re forced to keep him in power. Dowell believes there will be no signs of a coup against Suharto until it?s a fait accompli: ?Anyone who telegraphs their intentions would be quickly eliminated, so it's not likely that there'll be any signs of a move against Suharto until it?s over.? At the same time, Dowell warns, ?Suharto is a brilliant politician and has all the instincts to come...