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Madrid was the easy part. Delegates had only to stake out a position, not cede an inch of ground. The course toward peace is pockmarked with sandpits, potholes and booby traps. If you plan to stay tuned, be ready for a long, long siege, marked by proclamations of self-sacrifice and ritualistic outbursts of indignation. And be wary of the press leaks of success/failure that are sure to follow. Any real bargaining will be behind closed doors, and the only reliable evidence of progress will be public statements of mutual commitment...
ISRAEL: Yitzhak ("Not One Inch") Shamir is the hard-line leader of a solidly hard-line team. But Deputy Foreign Minister Benjamin ("Nightline") Netanyahu, who speaks perfect American, will put the velvet spin on Israel's positions...
However, pundits are saying that with Wolf's surplus Cyr exhausted his transfer vote potential, and that Vellucci could inch pass him on the strength of Sullivan's transfers and surplus from the candidates who will not reach quota...
Campaign magnets at approximately 50 cents each, monochrome 14 by 22 inch signs at $1 each and buttons at 35 cents a piece can add up to thousands of dollars alone; candidates, however, are ready and willing to make the investment...
Though neither a speedster nor a graceful runner, the Lowell junior is gifted in one respect: he refuses to give up an inch, literally. He did not lose a single yard...