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...been in power for 25 years, and his anemic response to these crises is a worrying sign. "The regime is tending toward immobility," says Hugh Roberts, a Cairo-based director of the International Crisis Group. "Old repressive reflexes are in full swing, which suggests that the regime is rather nervous and fresh out of ideas." An aide recently hinted Mubarak would consider stepping down if a suitable successor could be found. In the meantime, for Egyptians caught between terrorist violence and government repression, there's little cause for cheer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Three Strikes In Egypt | 4/30/2006 | See Source »

...been in power for 25 years, and his anemic response to these crises is a worrying sign. "The regime is tending toward immobility," says Hugh Roberts, a Cairo-based director of the International Crisis Group. "Old repressive reflexes are in full swing, which suggests that the regime is rather nervous and fresh out of ideas." An aide recently hinted Mubarak would consider stepping down if a suitable successor could be found. In the meantime, for Egyptians caught between terrorist violence and government repression, there's little cause for cheer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Three Strikes in Egypt | 4/30/2006 | See Source »

Finally, a high-profile political appointee can send a strong signal to a nervous ally (or potential ally). A good example is Boris Yeltsin, who was delighted when Bill Clinton told him in 1993 that former Vice President Walter Mondale would come as the new ambassador. When Mondale changed his mind, Clinton sent Thomas Pickering, then the country’s most senior career minister, in his place. Yeltsin was furious, feeling he had been saddled with an apparatchik. He reportedly never trusted Clinton again...

Author: By Kenneth Weisbrode | Title: Political Donors Have Long Served As Ambassadors | 4/28/2006 | See Source »

...went to the coffee house here a few times, and I came close to going up there, but…I just…I don’t like feeling nervous...

Author: By Abe J. Riesman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Rivers' End | 4/26/2006 | See Source »

...still feel nervous about performing...

Author: By Abe J. Riesman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Rivers' End | 4/26/2006 | See Source »

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