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...delicate U.S. task is to keep the talks moving without getting trapped into so direct a role that it would seem to be arm-twisting one side or the other. Bush and Baker tiptoed through that minefield adroitly enough last week. The President reassured a wary Israeli delegation by speaking of "territorial compromise" instead of "land for peace," a formula that Israelis loathe. He also backed the Israeli view that the conference should lead not just to nonbelligerency but to "real peace." Explained Bush: "I mean treaties. Security. Diplomatic relations. Economic relations. Trade. Investment. Cultural exchange. Even tourism...
...year's most exasperatingly good movie, in which Robin Williams is a holy homeless fool and Jeff Bridges a burned-out case ripe for redemption. To catch the brilliant bits in this handsome botch, you need patience and daring; it's like finding gold nuggets strewn across a minefield...
...ROTC issue, Wilson concedes, has the potential to be highly emotional. And if this year's response is anything like that of 1990, the campus will be a minefield of fiery protests and fierce propaganda...
Though George Bush praised Yeltsin's "tremendous courage" and "superb" defiance, the U.S. President and other allied leaders shied away from the legal minefield they would face in bypassing the Kremlin's sovereign authority. Said Stephen Meyer, an M.I.T. political science professor who is a sometime Bush adviser: "I would not allow bilateral relations with the republics any more than I would allow the Japanese to set up independent diplomatic relations with Massachusetts, New York and Connecticut...
...David Souter. Replacing Marshall will not have the same impact; it will mainly mean that what would have been 5-to-4 decisions are likely to be 6 to 3. But even so, the search for a successor to the court's only black justice could be a political minefield. "Choosing a brilliant and unexpected nominee like David Souter and getting him confirmed -- that was fun, for the President and for all of us," said a top Administration official. "But this one is going to be a bear...