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...many nations than even that of the local ruler. Government leaders, like so many shy fans, inveigle ways to be photographed with him. Arab sheiks, fascinated as much by the machismo image of his well-publicized dates with actresses Jill St. John and Marlo Thomas as by his statesmanship, insist on being briefed by no one else...Meeting other Western Hemisphere foreign ministers in Mexico City recently, the Secretary of State was so sought-after by his Latin American counterparts that they even pursued him to the men's room to carry out impromptu discussions...
...bruited at the failed Camp David summit between Arafat and Ehud Barak last year. While Barak wanted to negotiate an end to the conflict, Sharon is looking for what his aides call a "long-term interim settlement." To counter Israel's vulnerability, Sharon's advisers say he intends to insist on buffer zones both along the inside of the West Bank where it borders Israel and in the Jordan Valley. Advisers say Sharon is convinced that ground forces are decisive in war, and for that you need to keep hold of territory...
...Exception: Celltech's ad for Metadate CD, which the FDA is reviewing.) And even if they were, says FDA official Nancy Ostrove, the agency doesn't have the authority "to treat advertisements for controlled substances any differently" from those for other drugs. As for the drug companies, they insist their ads "are within the letter and spirit of all laws," in the words of a spokesman for McNeil...
...Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has been relentlessly downbeat about the value of even talking to a Palestinian leader few Israelis still trust as a peace partner. He has insisted that his foreign minister be chaperoned at the talks by one of Israel's top generals to ensure that the conversation be confined to the matter of a cease-fire. The Palestinians insist that the issue of security not be divorced from the political dialogue they believe is essential to create conditions for a truce, but Sharon is determined to avoid anything that might be construed by his conservative base...
Bush aides insist the surplus shrank mainly because of the slowing economy--a weakness the Office of Management and Budget, in a report last week, was careful to trace to the stock-market slide that started in March 2000. (Translation: Bill Clinton did it.) In truth, the lack of $46 billion of the missing $123 billion is attributable to lower general tax revenues because of the slowdown. "It's remarkable we have a surplus at all, given the yearlong slowdown," argues OMB director Mitch Daniels. The rest of the shortfall can be traced to Bush's military pay raise...