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Pakistan's Kashmir adventure may cost its government a lot more than a loss of face ?- it may hasten a Western rethink of Pakistan's value as an ally. Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif finds himself caught between the international community?s demand that he end the Pakistan-backed guerrilla incursion into Indian territory, and the determination of his countrymen ?- and military ?- to fight on against their traditional enemy. Nawaz drew fire from religious, political and military leaders Monday after returning empty-handed from an emergency July 4 meeting with President Clinton. In Washington, Nawaz had promised to withdraw Pakistani-backed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Kashmir Puts Pakistan Leader in Tight Squeeze | 7/6/1999 | See Source »

...flattering! You guessed I would hasten to answer. My wife and I are going to Portugal for the break, where I am giving some lectures to wise up the Portuguese about Machiavelli...

Author: By F.g. Tilney, | Title: PROF BREAK PLANS | 3/25/1999 | See Source »

Some friends of mine returned from a stay in Provence last week, and I had to restrain myself from asking how the French are smelling these days. When I visited France in the past, I hasten to say, I hadn't found the odor of its citizens to be a matter of serious concern, but that was before I read in the New York Times that only 47% of them bathe every day. It's a figure that does, you must admit, give one pause...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Eau d'Odor | 2/15/1999 | See Source »

...drive out Nature with a pitchfork, yet she will always hasten back. --Horace, Epistles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Brave New Farm | 1/11/1999 | See Source »

...useful nut, she judges; they are not necessarily unhappy that he has raised the issue. The problem with my solution, she says, is that it gives doctors no legal protection. For example, a nurse who disapproves of the decision of family and doctor to withhold care or to actively hasten death might report the case and have everyone up on malpractice--or murder--charges...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time For The Ice Floe, Pop | 12/7/1998 | See Source »

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