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...Rumsfeld and his fellow hawks certainly had to swallow a couple of minor setbacks early on in the new administration. They were forced to bite their tongues as Powell moved to bring Washington's Iraq policy more in line with its Arab allies by calling for a relaxation of many sanctions against Baghdad while seeking to tighten control over access to military technology. And during the Hainan spy plane standoff, the Defense Secretary found himself sidelined - it was prudent for the Bush Administration, during those difficult days, to muzzle the man who'd only weeks earlier told the U.S. military...
...those were minor setbacks. On missile defense, he's won the game. The system for which he'd pressed for years has now become an article of faith in Washington, and while Powell's mission is now simply to pacify allies anxious over the implications for arms control, to Rumsfeld - not exactly a die-hard advocate of arms control - falls the job of choosing which tools to use in the building of a missile shield...
...last week the University of Texas frosh got busted for underage drinking. Whole seasons of Felicity have been woven out of less. Bush, 19, was cited at about 1 a.m. Friday for drinking from a glass of beer in Cheers' Shot Bar in Austin. Alcohol possession by a minor is a class C misdemeanor in Texas, punishable by a fine or community service. "We respect the privacy of this young woman, and we're not going to comment on her personal life," said Noelia Rodriguez, spokeswoman for Laura Bush. Jenna Bush was similarly circumspect. When reached at home, thanks...
...have had to draw them in the garden.) One of Rembrandt's more gifted pupils, Carel Fabritius, worked for a time in Delft until he had the spectacularly awful luck to be blown to pieces in the accidental explosion of the town's gunpowder magazine. And then there were minor artists of merely local interest, who are dutifully represented in the show but whom nobody except a specialist would cross Fifth Avenue...
There are a few minor glitches on Inauguration Day as inclement weather scuttles the new President's plan to ride in a solar-powered limousine and interior decorators protest his plans to install hemp drapes in the Oval Office. But Albert Gore Jr. has finally achieved the office for which he has been groomed all his life. Gone is the awkward campaigner. In his place is the relaxed, witty man who aides and family members always insisted was the "real" Al Gore...