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Your move, Mr. Assad. Israeli prime minister Ehud Barak threw down the gauntlet to his Syrian counterpart Sunday, in the form of a cabinet decision to withdraw from south Lebanon by July irrespective of the state of peace negotiations with Syria. And that leaves the Syrian president no easy response on the strategic chessboard of the Mideast's most troubled relationship. "The last thing the Syrians want is a unilateral Israeli withdrawal in Lebanon," says TIME Middle East bureau chief Scott MacLeod, "because that would deprive them of one of their most important cards in negotiations with Israel - Syria...
Batman had Robin. Johnny had Ed. Every Alpha needs a Beta, especially on the ego-crushing gauntlet known as the presidential race. Here's a look at those tireless bundles of hype and positive energy, the Campaign 2000 sidekicks...
With its most accurate marksman back in the starting lineup, will the Harvard men's basketball team (8-11, 3-3 Ivy) start seeing straight again? They'll have to, as the cagers will be forced to run the Ivy gauntlet, playing at Penn on Friday and at Princeton on Saturday...
Both Democrats and Republicans still have plenty of time to address this vital issue before the final votes are cast next November. But as it stands now Bush has thrown down the gauntlet and the Democrats will have to address the debate on his terms. Will the public be treated to a substantial debate on the merits of testing and funding based on performance as well as other contentious issues such as the use of vouchers and charter schools...
...race will go out at 4:30 at the mile mark," senior Dave Martin said. "And if you are more than ten seconds back of that you'll be running the gauntlet the rest...