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...Iraq forced him to rethink his position, says Prapat Thepchatree, a foreign-policy specialist at Bangkok's Thammasat University. "Iraq showed him that the U.S. carried a big stick and anyone not falling into line would be punished," he says. "He knew he had to do something to mend ties with...
Though there is a consensus among professors and administrators that the Core is broken and needs to be fixed, how to mend the system—or whether to scrap it completely—is a controversial issue on which faculty have a diverse array of opinions...
...students and faculty, and the city of Cambridge could well have benefited from some of the negotiated proposals—if not the tunnel itself, which would have reduced some of the noise and bustle generated by busy academic centers. Increasing PILOT payments will demonstrate goodwill and help to mend fences in obvious need of repair...
...Iraqi citizens—must pay for the rebuilding since the U.S. started the war and destroyed much of Iraq’s infrastructure. But that money must go to international—not Anglo-American—peacekeepers and contractors to help mend America’s ties to key international allies. Iraq is going to need a lot of outside attention for several years before democracy takes root, and the U.N. must be the primary governing force for the long haul
...business-like" by the White House - was a station of the cross on that pre-Easter walk to resurrection. "We are keen to avoid further friction," says a senior French Foreign Ministry official. The watchword in Paris seems to have changed from principle to pragmatism. The first fences to mend are those with some of France's European Union partners. In Athens last week, E.U. leaders offered a picture of comity as they formally signed accession treaties with 10 new members. "There was no crying, no fighting and no hand thumping," marveled European Commission President Romano Prodi. Chirac avoided...