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...calls from Clinton Administration officials brought Greece and Turkey back from the brink of war over a pile of rocks in the eastern Aegean Sea late Tuesday. The Turkish military was prepared to attack the disputed ten-acre island on which seven Greek coast guardsmen had raised the Greek flag. "If the United States hadn't intervened, the Turks would have seized the island," said Assistant Secretary of State Richard Holbrooke, who brokered the Bosnian peace last fall and negotiated the terms of this withdrawal in a flurry of late night phone calls. President Clinton also called Greek and Turkish...
...comes Forbes, who wipes the polarizing issues off the table. In their place is the Reaganesque liturgy of hope and opportunity: "You don't have to bash immigrants," says Forbes' former media adviser Sal Russo, "you don't have to condemn minorities, you don't have to talk about flag factories. You can appeal to the best instincts and be successful...
While Britain has lost its edge in manufacturing and rock music, it is still the world leader in ceremonies and formal occasions. Disney has the know-how to export this skill. Royal trumpeters, flag wavers, standard-bearers, etc., could be leased to governments and companies for annual meetings and other events. The royal flatware and dinnerware could be rented out for notable weddings. Speaking of nuptials, it's a shame Britain missed the pay-per-view potential of Charles and Di's. It's not too late to put together a TV deal for the divorce proceedings, but Disney...
More likely, the error that the article makes is an unconscious assumption that the norm among the Confederacy was whiteness, so a "Southerner" is a "white Southerner." This is the same error that justifies treating the Confederate flag as a "regional symbol...
...lesson is clear," Christopher said. "If we lead, we can sustain the momentum that defeated communism, freed us from the danger of nuclear war and unfurled freedom's flag around the world...