Word: hearings
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...image magician, to turbo-charge his campaign. Indeed, a friend of mine in Israel remarked just yesterday that Barak appears so slick in his ads that "he could be Bill Clinton." So Clintonesque is one of his ads about how Netanyahu mismanaged the economy that you can almost hear Barak say "Bibi, it's the economy, stupid!" And why shouldn't Barak play the campaign game American style? The photogenic Benjamin Netanyahu is a master image-maker who himself retains an American campaign guru, Arthur Finkelstein. Politics, like most things in Israel nowadays, are undergoing rapid Americanization...
...cards. Both candidates realize that it may be impossible to cobble together a sustainable coalition in the parliament. A government coalition composed of both major parties would enable Israel's leaders to execute the critical decisions necessary for peace based on real consensus. However, you won't hear either candidate utter the words "national unity" until after the elections. If Bibi were to do so, his ultra-Orthodox voters would not approach the ballot box. Likewise, if Barak spoke of a coalition with Likud, his Arab-Israeli swing voters may boycott the elections. Whether they like it or not, Netanyahu...
...Ivanov meeting with half a triumph, Albright was handed a phone. Christopher Hill was at a villa outside Rome with Rugova, who wanted to speak to her. Yes, Rugova told her, he would support NATO's bombing and negotiating positions in his public statements. "I'm glad to hear that," she replied. "We've been concerned about where you stood ever since your appearance with Milosevic on TV." Albright was relieved: if he had opposed the NATO mission, it would have been a public relations fiasco. In the grand solarium of the Petersberg center, the formal meeting...
Then why pursue this pastime? Because we like it. How often does one hear that said at Harvard? All too rarely. Most often, any explanation for why a person does X or Y is couched in terms of normatives: "Well, because I should" or "Because it's important." But we can make no such excuses here. Toilet ball is easy and nonprestigious, but we love it all the same. The only reason to play is because you find some reward in doing so. There's no test at the end of the semester. Do as much of the reading...
...semiautomatic weapons and a ban on the importation of high-capacity ammunition clips. Even better, from their viewpoint, the Republican mandatory-check system the Senate approved Friday by a one-vote margin contains enough loopholes to keep the Democrats talking all weekend long to any news show that will hear them out -- which may be why Republicans have indicated they?re willing to refine the proposal some more, if need...