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...meet that goal he should. While ambivalence about making a significant 10-year spending commitment is to be expected in any national leader, such commitments both reflect and shape a government’s priorities. The situation in the developing world stands to improve dramatically with an increase in aid from rich countries, coupled with domestic reforms to combat corruption and resource misallocation. Canada has lost its chance to lead the developed world in increasing its foreign aid contribution, but it still stands to make a significant positive difference in the lives of millions by starting to play catch...
...Time Inc.'s decision doesn't represent a change in our philosophy, nor does it reflect a departure from our belief in the need for confidential sources. It does reflect a response to a profound departure from the practice of federal prosecutors when this case is compared with other landmark cases involving confidentiality over the past 30 years. Since the days of Attorney General John Mitchell, the Justice Department has sought confidential sources from reporters as a last resort, not as an easy option. Neither Archibald Cox, the Watergate Special Prosecutor, nor Judge John Sirica sought to force the Washington...
...Moreover, Cohen argues, "wanton" destruction may be but a distorted image of a larger picture. "The values associated with juvenile vandalism and thought to be peculiar to delinquents, such as the search for excitement and kicks, the high regard for toughness and aggression, might reflect values running through the whole society...
Both Dzambukira and Dershowitz said that the State Department warnings do not necessarily reflect how safe a country is for study...
...wooden table and spoke in sober, measured tones. "I must say the Americans came to this meeting empty-handed," he charged. But Gorbachev held out hope that even the failure in Iceland would produce a new impetus to the arms-control process. "I think the President and ourselves should reflect on this entire situation that has evolved here," he said. "We have traveled a long...