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...have martyrs and devastated property; our lands are occupied, and millions of our people are displaced. A meeting of heads of state to discuss the Arab-Israeli conflict might lead to war instead of peace because when there are differences at the ((top)) leadership level, there is nobody to mend things...
Dampening expectations is prudent and shrewd, but it won't get Clinton off the hook. A sick economy in 1996 will sink him. No one expects miracles, and few will quibble if the economy isn't completely well, but it had better be on the mend and be seen to be. "If 70% of the people still think the country is on the wrong track," says a Clinton aide, "we're dead." While key policy decisions hang unresolved, several structural and personnel determinations are of equal importance. Foremost is the exact role of the Economic Security Council, the new White...
...early member of the Democratic Leadership Council, Clinton has spent the past several years trying to mend the divisions that surfaced in the '60s. Inheriting a society profoundly riven by color and class, he knows that liberalism lost its political capital when it became perceived as something that taxed the majority to advance "special" -- which is to say, "minority" -- interests. Through an excess of gallantry and zeal, liberalism itself created the alienated "them" that deeded the Republicans the White House...
...southernmost point of the Valdez spill zone. While the borough's wildlife escaped serious damage, its all-important fishing industry suffered mightily. "Domestic violence and divorces soared, and visits to mental-health services almost doubled," says borough Mayor Jerome Selby. "We're never going to be able to mend the social fabric of the community." The borough wants $280 million to create nature preserves, recreation areas, a fisheries technology center, an archaeological museum and other projects...
...says criticism has spurred the World Bank to mend its ways. And on close inspection, many of the concerns about the bank's role turn out to be unfounded. For instance, critics such as Greenpeace have argued that the Ndoki park proposal is linked with a loan to Congo that would promote logging. In fact, there is no linkage, and the loan has been tabled because Congo is behind on paying debts. Opponents have also contended that plans for building a road and improving the navigability of the Ndoki River will open the area to those who would exploit...