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Last month, Gore answered in a New Hampshire debate a question about gays in the military by saying he would have a litmus test on the issue for any potential nominee to the Joint Chiefs of Staff. When the answer that had served well enough in the immediate context of the debate was perceived to be untenable for the prospective national campaign, Gore backed off from the response...

Author: By Susannah B. Tobin, | Title: It's Not Too Late | 2/10/2000 | See Source »

...Gerry Adams or David Trimble who has imperiled Northern Ireland's peace deal; it is their supporters. Britain has given the IRA until Friday to provide a "credible commitment" to disarm, failing which it will suspend the territory's historic joint assembly and executive. That would flash-freeze the peace process, which London considers preferable to allowing the total collapse that would result if Ulster Unionist leader David Trimble carries out his threat to resign by February 12 in the absence of any disarmament. The crisis reflects the mood of the hard-liners on both sides unconvinced by the compromises...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hard-Liners Are Winning in Northern Ireland | 2/10/2000 | See Source »

Vice President for Government, Community and Public Affairs Paul S. Grogan says the University will be announcing several joint initiatives with the city over the next year...

Author: By Nathaniel L. Schwartz, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Grogan outlines new plans to further community relations | 2/8/2000 | See Source »

...memories aside, the pressure did indeed grow. On July 19 Carl and Keith Lindner wrote to Kantor again, expressing their dissatisfaction with proposals put forth by the Europeans to resolve the banana dispute. At least in the view of the Lindners, the war should be waged as a joint effort, with Chiquita and its ally, the U.S. government, on one side and the European Union Commission on the other...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How to Become a Top Banana | 2/7/2000 | See Source »

...table in Shop. In Habit Patterns, Barbara sobs because she's a slob ("You make a pretty picture," the catty narrator says, "with your rumpled skirt, your spotted sweater and your hair in a tizzy"). John, in Narcotics: Pit of Despair, takes that first fatal drag on a joint and instantly becomes a heroin addict. What could be spookier? A Date with Your Family, in which five pod people purporting to be a suburban family sit down to dinner. "Pleasant, unemotional conversation," we are told, "helps digestion." Hey, what is this? Stalin's Russia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Camp in the Classroom | 2/7/2000 | See Source »

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