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...interest of any one of them. The occasional use of military power against slavers--usually by Britain's Royal Navy, which held a position like that now enjoyed by U.S. forces--was important to the cause. But so were moral persuasion, multilateral diplomacy, economic development and bribes. All will prove useful in defeating terrorism...
...India uses elections in Kashmir as proof that the people there accept rule from New Delhi?even when the elections prove nothing of the sort. This round might be different. Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee has promised "free and fair" elections for months?and even apologized for past mistakes in Kashmir, an unprecedented gesture. Rigging will be harder than usual with the world watching. Moreover, the election promises to deliver Kashmir a new generation of leaders that may finally free it from the prejudice and intransigence of the past. Backed by India, the National Conference is led by Omar Abdullah...
Zinner:Again, we're going to have to wait and see what happens in these investigations before we take action. It's not clear at this point whether screenings would actually prove useful in preventing the virus...
...with the stock of Polo Ralph Lauren hovering around $20, some $10 less than its IPO price--the company is getting poor marks. "When I went public, I had a great business," Lauren says. "I don't think the company has gone backward." Global expansion, he hopes, will prove to Wall Street that he's not just a designer but a businessman...
After being shot down over Bosnia in 1995, U.S. Air Force Captain Scott O'Grady survived for days by eating insects. Surviving in Hollywood may prove equally arduous. O'Grady filed suit last week against 20th Century Fox, claiming that the 2001 movie Behind Enemy Lines, about a U.S. soldier shot down over Bosnia, ripped him off. But last November, before he saw the film, O'Grady told TIME he had read the script and wasn't bothered by similarities. "Anything that's semipatriotic is good because I'm patriotic," he said. A Fox representative says, "We were surprised because...