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...emphasis on disarming Iraq and liberating its people. For those not silenced by challenges to their patriotism—less compelling on a Harvard campus that exiled ROTC almost 35 years ago—dissent was chilled by the possibility that Bush was not being deceitful, that Saddam did possess weapons of mass destruction and was cozy with al Qaeda...
Most of the gains for the gun lobby have been quiet ones. Attorney General John Ashcroft has expanded the government's view of the Second Amendment, stating explicitly that it protects an individual's right to possess and bear arms--a departure from the longstanding view that this right was limited to state militias. Ashcroft has also proposed shortening the length of time the FBI is required to keep records of background checks. He wants it reduced to a single business day; the Clinton Administration required 90. And while the National Rifle Association wasn't pleased with Bush's statements...
These hopes and expectations were put to the test in trilateral talks in Beijing on April 23-24—and were resoundingly dashed. In the course of this meeting, the North Koreans unexpectedly and unprecedentedly claimed that they already possess nuclear weapons and suggested that they are willing to test them, use them and export them. They also reported that they have been reprocessing 8,000 spent nuclear fuel rods to extract from them the plutonium to build still more weapons. (Western experts estimate that North Korean might be able to build as many as six additional weapons...
Mederos told the graduates during his speech that the most important qualities they can possess are “pride in yourself, confidence in your abilities...and dedication to the great profession you have chosen...
...side panels of the cage lift as the five characters begin to reenact scenes from Solomon Anski’s classic the Dybbuk, inspired by the traditional story of a young woman whose dead lover comes back to possess her. The wonderment of the actors—as their story-telling literally and metaphorically lifts their prison—is a moving testament to the elegance and inventiveness...