Word: properly
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...make the cut there are currently at least four series on the air which use government, politics, and the media for their story lines. "The West Wing," arguably the mothership for this new fleet of shows, has even hired former Clinton Administration and congressional staffers to provide the proper authenticity for their scripts. They must be doing something right. The show is a huge ratings success, runs the table at the Emmys, and is the darling of the Beltway crowd regardless of political persuasion. I have a friend, a speechwriter for the White House in the early 60s, who loves...
Clinton was also wrong to minimize the importance of governmental agencies, especially that of the CIA. Horowitz made the valid claim that the CIA has been reduced to a weak and vulnerable body of disconnected parts, lacking effective leadership and the proper means to protect the nation...
...West Bank shootings cast the Palestinians as guerrillas waging a war against a foreign occupation. "Fatah is free to fight settlers and the army at any place in the West Bank but not inside the Green Line," says a senior Fatah official, referring to the unofficial border separating Israel proper from the Palestinian territories. Says Nabil Shaath, a minister in Arafat's Cabinet: "No one on earth could blame us for attacking the soldiers and the settlers...
...have attracted considerable condemnation worldwide for doing just that. But even if Shaath were right, the week proved Arafat incapable of enforcing the new rules he had set forth. In the days after his pronouncement, 17 Israelis were killed and some 120 injured in five separate attacks within Israel proper, including the suicide bombing Saturday of a Jerusalem restaurant near the Prime Minister's residence. Three of the assaults were claimed by militant Islamic groups over which Arafat has little control, and two were claimed by al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, a Fatah group...
Sale and Pelletier are to be congratulated on the professional way they handled the unfortunate judging incident. The proper outcome should have been for the Russian pair to concede the gold and accept the silver medal. Naturally, this did not happen. It is time to clean up Olympic judging. Athletes give their heart and soul in competition, and they deserve to be judged fairly. CONSTANCE K. QUINN Ottawa...