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...return, everybody said he looked great. "He walked a bit stiffly, but he was very forceful," offered national security adviser Sandy Berger. "His behavior was neither erratic or shaky," added Clinton later. Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien declared the ailing bear "strong. But he can?t run a marathon." Too bad. Because for everyone in that room, that?s exactly what Kosovo is shaping...
Compared with that marathon, the talks in Belgrade were swift and matter-of-fact. On Wednesday night the envoys and Milosevic talked for 4 1/2 hours. Chernomyrdin never veered as he read from the prepared script. Ahtisaari went over it in detail, explaining why each demand was not negotiable. "Can we make improvements in the text?" Milosevic asked. "Absolutely not," Ahtisaari shot back. This was NATO's best offer, and not a comma could be changed. Hoping to soften the Finn, Milosevic invited him to dinner. "Let's not have dinner," answered Ahtisaari. Instead, the Serbian leader should go back...
...Brattle Street Theater sponsored a Humphrey Bogart film marathon during each semester's reading period, culminating in a screening of "Casablanca...
...Brattle Street Theater sponsored a Humphrey Bogart film marathon during each semester's reading period, culminating in a screening of "Casablanca...
...deep, veteran-led team, have a pair of genuine New Yorkers in Mark Jackson and Chris Mullin. They also have Reggie Miller, who runs his mouth like one. He has a habit of draining one unmakable jumper after the next at the Garden while engaging in a trash-talking marathon with Knick fan Spike Lee, who has replaced his Ewing jersey with a Sprewell one. The Knicks, who were moments away from self-destruction heading into the play-offs, are now firing on every dysfunctional cylinder...