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Aside from a handful of diplomatic gestures, such as opening an embassy in Sarajevo, the two new initiatives being urged on Clinton most strongly by official and unofficial advisers are to lift the embargo on arms shipments to Bosnia and to use air power against Serbian guns and supply routes. British diplomats say one of the others is a proposal from London for a military land, sea and air blockade that would completely seal off Serbia from contact with the rest of the world. Still another is the possibility of establishing and protecting "safe havens" for Muslims in the remnants...
...habits of a four-year-old," Rudnick says. "I'm fond of anything you'd have after school." No wonder the message of Rudnick's most personal work (Jeffrey, Social Disease and his other novel, I'll Take It) is that the strangest people have the sweetest hearts. You lift a rock expecting to find insects, and instead: beachfront...
...order to build a new 78,000 square foot store, Stop and Shop wants to buy the road, which currently borders a vacant lot near the store, from the city for $1 million. The store is also requesting that the state lift a ban on truck traffic on state parkways in order to allow trucks to use Memorial Drive...
...amazing what a little chicken parmesan and spagetti will do to lift the spirits...
...performance of many other soldiers. Homophobia is an irrational fear--it is not a justification for behavior, but an explanation and an unfortunate fact. Everyone who, like myself, opposes the ban on gays in principle should recognize the inevitable consequences on morale and performance which would result from a lift on the ban. General Powell, after a long and distinguished career in the military, understands just that--probably better than anyone else. Thus, the ban on gays in the military should not be viewed as an arbitrary form of discrimination...