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...those troops even if we have to go to war." The British did make it clear, however, that once the Argentine troops departed, the Thatcher government would be willing to enter again into almost any kind of negotiations over the islands. As a senior British official put it: "No option would be excluded...
...pick the genial, down-to-earth banker, will you forever regret letting go of that free-spirited artist who loves traveling as much as you? Probably not. The very fact that you'll be living with - and experiencing - one spouse and not the other means that the passed-over option will quickly fade in your mind. "The people you don't marry don't move in with you," says Gilbert...
...view of American responsibility to the world, and abandoning the term would rightly project a national quest to seek a more reasoned—rather than fanatical—balance between short-term security interests and longer run diplomatic goals.To do away with the department itself is not an option; America obviously requires an inward-looking security service. The term “Homeland Security,” however, has been so stigmatized by abuses at the Guantánamo Bay detention facility and by invasive customs procedures at American ports of entry that a change in terminology would...
...defense, the Prime Minister had little option but to take on Northern Rock, which was caught short of cash after the money markets it depended on for funds froze over last fall. There were two private bids - one from Richard Branson's Virgin Group, another from the bank's own management. But the Treasury's statements indicated that they fell short of offering enough in return for the $100 billion in loans and guarantees made to Northern Rock by taxpayers. Goldman Sachs, the investment bank advising the government on its handling of the company, didn't disagree...
...needs indemnity for his actions on November 3, which he cannot achieve if the opposition is in the majority." Sharif, who heads one of Pakistan's major parties, the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz, has been banned from running for a parliamentary seat by Musharraf's government. Musharraf's only option, says Sharif, is "rigging. The other option would be for him to leave quietly before the elections, but he missed that...