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...next leader to chart the way to peace with Israel. Chances of an early breakthrough may be diminished by Israel's Lebanon withdrawal - which deprives Syria, with its substantial military control over Lebanon, of a key bargaining chip - as well as by Bill Clinton's imminent departure from the Oval Office. Despite the dangers created by a power vacuum in southern Lebanon, both Israel and Syria are likely to be careful to keep any escalation of hostilities within manageable limits. "Assad appears uninterested in peace on the terms Israel has offered," says Beyer. "But that doesn't mean he wants...
Long track, the traditional Olympic sport, is contested on a 400-meter long oval, where two skaters simultaneously race in his or her own lane. Conversely, short track, which became an Olympic medal sport in 1992, occurs on a 111-meter long ice hockey-sized rink, and involves heats of four skaters. Distances in short track range from 500 meters to 3000 meters, whereas long track includes a 5000 meters and 10000 meters events...
...advanced Aegis guided missile system has created an acute political dilemma for the Clinton administration, in light of Chinese warnings that such a sale would dangerously escalate tensions with both the U.S. and Taiwan. The President's dilemma, of course, is the one inherited by every tenant of the Oval Office since Nixon - how to manage a "One China" policy that recognizes Beijing as the government of a single Chinese sovereign entity that includes Taiwan, while at the same time committing Washington to defend Taiwan against any aggression by that same government. But with tensions raised by election-season rhetoric...
...echoes the big question raised about his dad. The old man never wanted to do very much as President so much as he just wanted to be President, to sit behind that big desk and make the hard calls. George Bush never promised to be an activist in the Oval Office; he just promised to keep the ship in the channel. "W," whose public agenda is not much thicker than his father's, is essentially promising the same thing, but his private agenda is more pressing. Bush's father was worried at times that "W" wouldn't amount to much...
...Lyndon B. Johnson loved the beverage Fresca so much that he had a dispenser installed in the Oval Office which could be operated at his desk. His Cabinet staged an ill-advised prank, spiking the dispenser with an experimental energy drink, resulting in the Vietnam...