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...nightmare vision of what could happen if the extremists prevail and the forces for peace cannot hold may also provide an impetus to succeed. The other prospect would be terrible indeed: the Israeli army marching back into the Gaza Strip and the West Bank in the face of an entrenched P.L.O. and almost 2 million furious Palestinians. That outcome would swiftly wash away hopes for peace in a new wave of bloodshed...
...harried gloom of Ibsen's The Wild Duck to the haute-bourgeois sexual antics of Tartuffe. In October he returns briefly to the nonprofit R.S.C. with an All's Well That Ends Well starring Sophie Thompson, sister of Oscar winner Emma. His best evidence yet that a classic can prevail on the basis of the text itself is Lysistrata. The ancient Greek comedy sold so well at London's Old Vic that it transferred in late August for an extended commercial...
...month war among hate-filled neighbors that has soaked Bosnia and Herzegovina in blood -- and seared the conscience of the rest of the world -- might be coming to an end. But not because the combatants have seen the horror of their ways or the Western democracies have made justice prevail. If the killing does grind to a stop in the coming weeks, it will be more out of collective exhaustion than the result of any agreements or pressures the politicians are trying to impose...
...better or for worse, I continue to feel a sense of hope," says Lieberman, "a sense that common sense will prevail, and that liberal ideals will continue...
...survival without their help. Some had been cut out of key strategy sessions, and others had not spoken to Clinton for weeks except in passing or on other matters. When the President finally sat down with his counselors to ask for help, several complained that Clinton would never prevail in Washington if he continued to send inexperienced White House aides to lobby elected officials. "When I was in Congress," said one, "I made sure I never talked to White House staffers. But when a member of the Cabinet called, I cleared my schedule...