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...White House was to try to craft a "de-escalation strategy" that could walk both sides back to the point where they could at least talk peace. That was a tall order, given that the Ramallah murders and Israel's sharp retaliation were only the pinnacle of a fortnight of astonishments and new lows. On Oct. 7 a Palestinian mob demolished Joseph's Tomb, a Jewish holy place within the West Bank city of Nablus, after besieged Israeli troops withdrew from the site with assurances that Arafat's gendarmes would protect...
...attack. Describing himself as a conservative to the right of Clinton and Al Gore, Kahn supports gun rights--a litmus test in his district. And he can paint Barr as a man devoted to faraway causes. Kahn has made a lot of the fact that in the same fortnight Barr was chastising a Texas military base for holding a "Wiccan" service, one that a constituent complained promoted witchcraft, the local Lockheed plant in Atlanta, a major employer in the district, laid off 2,000 workers. "I don't mind a good fight," says Barr...
When a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight," quipped essayist Samuel Johnson, "it concentrates his mind wonderfully." For Liechtenstein, the tiny banking haven snuggled on Switzerland's eastern border, concentration seemed in order last June. After years of cajoling, the world's richest nations had placed the principality on a blacklist of countries that failed to adopt sufficiently tight rules to deter money laundering. Although no specific misdeeds were mentioned, the designation by the Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering would have made dealings with those countries difficult for major foreign banks. Banking and related...
What a difference a week can make. After having the best passing attack in school history just over a fortnight ago in a 63-21 win over Dartmouth, senior quarterback Brad Wilford and the Harvard passing game have hit rock bottom...
...finally, two announcements. Number one: In observation of Veteran's day and our mounting misery, FM will not publish next Thursday; we're saving our batteries for Harvard/Yale weekend, only a fortnight away. Announcement number two: FMs executive staff are retiring in about a month and there are a few openings. Interested candidates should begin comping the magazine immediately...