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Maybe Americans like to believe that politicians learn their lessons. We look at our imperfect selves and are pleased that our leaders make mistakes, too. When someone quietly suggests that we deserve better, the moral majority rises to embrace its mediocre...
...1960s, amid the general decay of national certainties, Frank's book made the transition from infamous to revered. Suddenly his gloom seemed prophetic. His faith that the best pictures were tentative, imperfect and free of rhetoric became the model for any photographer coming to grips with the ambiguities of the American civilization. After a while his difficult vision of things was so well loved and widely imitated that it verged on becoming a late 20th century salon style: downer picturesque...
...IAEA inspectors and automatic cameras at Yongbyon. The catch is that North Korea has threatened to withdraw entirely from the nonproliferation treaty if the U.N., or the U.S. unilaterally, imposes sanctions. That would defeat Clinton's purpose, since it would mean the end of all inspections, no matter how imperfect. Washington would have to assume that Pyongyang was reprocessing the plutonium to build bombs. Pressure would increase to pile on the sanctions and begin reinforcing South Korea to defend against a possible retaliatory onslaught from the North. A cycle of response and reprisal could spiral out of control...
...Israeli negotiator. "We shall stay as long as is necessary." The army preferred to complete its redeployment within a few days, fearing a slow drawdown of troops might expose the departing soldiers to danger if the P.L.O. failed to maintain order. Such concerns were magnified by the P.L.O.'s imperfect management. A day after the Cairo ceremony, the first 1,500 of 9,000 Palestinian police were to arrive from P.L.O. bases around the Arab world. But only 19 police commanders turned up; the others were delayed by "technical hitches...
...publicity and because she seems linked to people hoping for political gain. Moreover, her account is ultimately uncheckable: only two people were in the room. But even if true, some editors question its relevance. It took place before Clinton was President, and one essential element -- that he was an imperfect husband -- is not exactly news. There has been a tacit standard that his pre-presidential peccadillos were absolved when he and his wife discussed them on 60 Minutes during the campaign...