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...continuing to snipe at the president’s innumerate advisors. But amidst it all, the confusion and manipulation of Social Security’s facts and figures—present and projected—continue to obscure an optimal path for the ailing social program. Soon, however, this fruitless discourse will come to an end as Bush pushes Congress to consider his plan for Social Security. Without a clear alternative to the president’s proposal—which the Democrats have yet to provide—our worst fear is that some well-meaning but badly misinformed...
...more simple terms of making a dangerous world safer for America and its friends. The "six-party talks" status quo?in which North Korea races furiously ahead in its quest for a nuclear arsenal while its neighbors China, Japan, Russia and South Korea prepare for the latest round of fruitless dialogue about "denuclearization"?manifestly does not make anyone safer. With a President who views his re-election as a broad mandate?and with a Republican majority in the Senate doing the "advise and consent" on foreign and security policy?look for a midcourse correction in the U.S. approach to North...
...intelligence predicts privately that the Palestinians will never pull together elections by Jan. 9, the deadline Qurei set last week. For a treacherous period, Palestinians will be in a state of anxiety as they mourn the loss of the father figure who symbolized their national aspirations. After years of fruitless struggle, Palestinians remain united only in grief and fear of chaos. Their economy has been shattered, their government is bankrupt, and militants continue to gain strength. Most Palestinians yearn for peace but doubt that whoever leads them next will achieve it. "I am not hopeful," says Fawzi, 35, a Ramallah...
Harvard held Columbia to 203 yards of total offense. At 7:44 in the fourth quarter—just before the Lions launched the first of two consecutive long, fruitless drives against the Crimson second-team defense—Columbia had only gained 101 yards...
...match’s decisive set, Cornell’s blockers smothered the Harvard offense and forced the Crimson hitters into 10 attack errors. Harvard’s attempts to overcome numerous offensive mistakes proved fruitless, as the Big Red shredded the Crimson defense with 13 kills and just two miscues. Ogbechie fought the Big Red rally with 11 digs on the match, but Cornell was too strong for the reeling Crimson...