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...that troublesome province. After all the suffering the people have gone through, the result of a nationwide referendum would overwhelmingly indicate that Britain should relinquish its relationship with Ulster for good. Northern Ireland's warring communities, when faced with the prospect of managing their own affairs, would have to lay down their arms and iron out their differences. The consequences of such a state of affairs could lead to lasting peace. So let Tony Blair work toward creating a new and independent state of Ulster. He will find this move toward peace more rewarding than the endless talks. ARUNESHWAR VICTOR...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Mar. 13, 2000 | 3/13/2000 | See Source »

...lay this on anyone but myself," she says. "I just can't get things going...

Author: By Jonathan F. Taylor, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Profiles | 3/8/2000 | See Source »

...Bush's sin was probably one of political necessity, not religious intolerance. However, both Largent, as a proponent of prayer in the schools, and Bush, who believes churches should be prominent distributors of government money, have a lot riding on the idea that believers of various creeds will lay aside their differences in the name of God and country. The past week or so may have given them an idea of how fragile such goodwill...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Campaign 2000: Catholic Bashing? | 3/6/2000 | See Source »

...trial in Albany never confronted the explosive question that lay at the heart of the case. If the unarmed Amadou Diallo had been a white youth instead of a dark-skinned immigrant from Africa, would he be alive today? "Race didn't become an issue during the trial," says attorney Johnnie Cochran, who got his start prosecuting cases of police misconduct in Los Angeles long before he ever heard of O.J. Simpson and who briefly served as a legal adviser to Diallo's family. "It was like there was a big pink elephant in the room and everyone acted like...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: New York: Big Al's Finest Hour | 3/6/2000 | See Source »

Meaning that you lay out a haiku of middle-class tax cuts, military glory, a promise to turn Animal House back into the White House and a guarantee to overthrow the government. Will it play? Yes, says Riverside assemblyman Rod Pacheco, a Republican, and he's a Bush supporter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Campaign 2000: Waiting To Catch The Primary Wave | 3/6/2000 | See Source »

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