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...evildoers...unless they have the ability to empt back (as North Korea does). This is an embarrassment, and a rather dangerous one at that. There should be a lesson in it for the President. A diplomacy of quiet strength and careful words, and the rigorous parsing of nuances--the latter, a word the President is said to despise--is the only way for a grown-up superpower to behave...
...such saber rattling is wearing thin. On a visit to New Delhi last week, U.S. Director of Policy Planning Richard Haass tried to cajole the two sides into talking instead of trading threats. For a start, he said, India should drop its refusal to negotiate with Pakistan until the latter stopped sponsoring Islamic militancy. Already embroiled in the Iraq and Korea crises, America is hoping Pakistan and India can avoid yet another nuclear standoff, at least for this year...
...some system of fooling the grader, although I think I should prefer the word “impressing.” We admit to being impressionable, but not to being hypercredulous simps. His first two tactics for system being, his Vague Generalities and Artful Equivocation, seem to presume the latter, and are only going to convince Crimson-reading graders (there are a few and we tell our friends) that the time has come to tighten the screws just a bit more...
...Once the flushing begins, days take on a rhythm syncopated by shakes, herbal supplements and evening colonics. The latter are not as disagreeable as one might imagine. The rooms in which the bowel rinses take place are tastefully tiled, have incense and pleasant music to take your mind off the plumbing noises. Moon, my cleanse guru?his Thai nickname is due to his broad round face?is the only Thai I've met who doesn't think fasting is inane. He's a veteran cleanser who swears by it. His wife, a beautiful, bird-like woman named Lak who works...
PAUL WELLSTONE WASHINGTON'S LATTER-DAY MR. SMITH...