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...when Powell meets Arafat, he's expected to read the Palestinian leader the riot act, warning that diplomatic oblivion awaits if he refuses to publicly denounce terrorism and order a cease-fire. The Bush administration may also be hoping to persuade Arafat to accept a more symbolic role, making the public call for a truce but mandating a group of his subordinates to begin the actual work of negotiating cease-fire and political agreements with the Israelis. The fact that the U.S. is now drawing a close link between a cease-fire and political negotiations over Palestinian statehood may have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Minefield Awaiting Powell | 4/10/2002 | See Source »

...USPS board of governors and US policy makers must realize that the USPS monopoly on personal mail delivery is gone. To prevent personal mail from following Pony Express and Western Union Telegram into oblivion, these decision makers must use this moment of transformation to initiate a U.S. government funded, free personal letter and postcard delivery service.When they do, I’ll send them a letter of congratulation right away—without wasting time finding a stamp...

Author: By Judd B. Kessler, | Title: Why the Mail Should Be Free | 4/1/2002 | See Source »

...books. The forms in the envelope that Huffman president Rudi Dekkers opened Monday, March 11, announced that Mohamed Atta and Marwan Al-Shehhi were cleared for takeoff, their M-1 student visas approved for flying lessons--six months to the day after the two terrorists steered hijacked jetliners into oblivion and mass carnage at the World Trade Center towers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Deporting The INS | 3/25/2002 | See Source »

...years since, Ginsburg’s tide-turning effort has proved undeniably successful, and critics who were once quick to write off the author have for the most part either changed their minds or passed into oblivion...

Author: By Lee HUDSON Teslik, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: On Kerouac’s Road Again | 3/8/2002 | See Source »

...takes the girl to a motel to sober up and that starts a fractious relationship. Jeon's character goes through more mood swings than there are versions of Microsoft's operating system, and the hapless Gyun has to absorb them all. She drinks to oblivion, slaps him around, makes him exchange his sneakers for her high-heeled shoes as they walk through the park. It turns out she's still grieving over a previous relationship; Gyun guesses at what haunts her, but can't fully understand...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Girl, Interrupted | 3/4/2002 | See Source »

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