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...larger and deeper question the world must face is why has this taken so long? Until President Bush made his announcement, the relief effort was foundering with little prospect for improvement. Just as in the Persian Gulf War, American leadership is the main force for progress...
Intervention in a civil war situation is also a sticky area for the U.N. National sovereignty has long been one of the main foundations for international organizations. Every nation is uncomfortable with the prospect of the U.N. meddling in their internal affairs...
Journalism might be nice, but it would mean writing about other people's lives and not really living my own. A job on Capitol Hill might be decent, but the prospect doesn't thrill me. And there's a good three years until the next presidential campaign...
Even if she forever remains legally a part of the family, Diana has made it clear in recent weeks that she relishes the prospect of going her own way. On the weekend of Nov. 14, while Charles was home celebrating his 44th birthday, Diana made a high-profile trip to Paris that turned into a triumph. Looking relaxed and radiant, she spent nearly two hours with the Mitterrands, much of it with the President himself. She appears confident discussing humanitarian and social issues in such powerful surroundings and invariably wins the rapt attention of Presidents and ministers with a distinctly...
...reopen negotiations with Washington. France's partners forced E.C. Commission President Jacques Delors to reinstate Ray MacSharry, the Community's principal agricultural negotiator, who had resigned after accusing Delors of undermining his efforts. British Prime Minister John Major insisted on a deal, and German Chancellor Helmut Kohl called the prospect of a trade war "politics of idiocy." Mitterrand conceded that the isolation of France would be "very dangerous." But France has support from Italy, Spain and Belgium. A compromise is foreseeable, but not readily. (See related story on page...