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None of these dangers have shaken the Israeli government's conviction that a military solution to the gulf crisis is far preferable to a diplomatic deal. As Israeli TV broadcast civil-defense advisories and the army ordered a partial mobilization of reservists last week, Shamir continued to sound upbeat about the prospects for battle. "If a war begins tomorrow and if it lasts just a few days, everybody will be happy," he said. Even under those circumstances, however, Shamir's joy may be short-lived: once the conflict with Iraq is settled, the U.S. is certain to increase pressure...
...Baker-Aziz conference confirmed the President's expectations without realizing his worst fears. "Anybody who expected a breakthrough in Geneva was a fool," said a White House official. At the same time, the Administration had worried that the Iraqis would spring a dramatic surprise, offering, perhaps, a partial withdrawal, which would have frayed the coalition against Saddam and made Congress less likely to authorize Bush to use force. That Aziz unpopped no jack-in-the-box was a relief to Washington. It was also a plus that the meeting went on so long. Should war finally come, the Administration...
...political- reform movements, and now Subramaniam's own generation, the most accomplished and Westernized to date, is the ironic, not entirely unhappy victim of those reforms. Brahmans are losing out in India's equivalent of affirmative action, while other castes, including the lowest of the low, are at least partial winners. As testament to that transformation, Namdeo Dhasal, a militant dalit (untouchable) leader and poet, tells Naipaul, "There was a time when we were treated like animals. Now we live like human beings...
...foreign ministers underscored that point in their communique last week, rejecting "any initiative tending to promote partial solutions," a reference to a less than complete withdrawal by Iraq. They also disapproved of attempts to link an Iraqi pullout to "other problems," meaning the Israeli- occupied territories and Lebanon. The foreign ministers stressed, however, that the E.C. is committed to contributing "actively to a settlement" of those issues once the current crisis has unraveled. That was merely a bolder version of the Bush Administration's own doublespeak on the topic of linkage...
Lists have been around forever. Noah undoubtedly used one to check off the lucky couples on his boat. Moses went up a mountain and came down with one. Man is an inveterate listmaker. I list, therefore I am. To define is to list. A Partial List of Lists (and the list is endless...