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...politician--or most any person, for that matter--who has ever hoped to be a great leader. But those with such lofty aspirations ought to be more careful. Naked ambition is an untamed horse. Train it well, and it will get you to your destination; give it free rein, however, and it will only get you into trouble...
...Arafat may not have to answer to a parliament, but even once he commits to it, he'll find it increasingly difficult to rein in a Palestinian street long skeptical of the value of his negotiating efforts. The attacks over the Lebanese border by the guerrillas of Hezbollah on Saturday may be more of a headache for the Palestinian leader than for Barak. Ever since Hezbollah's victory was acclaimed throughout the Arab world in the summer after Israel withdrew from Lebanon, young Palestinians skeptical of Arafat's peacemaking efforts have admiringly cited its example. Arafat is facing a direct...
...also decided that entertainment companies don't just accidentally rein in teens and children; they often target them deliberately in their marketing strategies. The report says an unnamed studio distributed flyers for an R-rated film to youth groups like the Camp Fire Boys and Girls. Video-game makers routinely identified kids under 17 as a big catch in media strategies for games rated M, for "mature" buyers. Dale Pollock, dean of the film school at the North Carolina School of the Arts, produced the 1996 film "Set It Off." It was violent, raw and rated R, but Pollock says...
...most fun and so outrageous. They'd go to church, and he wouldn't say, "Good morning, Mrs. Witherspoon"; he'd say, "Hiya, little lady, lookin' sexy!" and Mrs. Witherspoon would swoon, and the parents would roll their eyes and wonder how they were ever going to rein...
...growing clamor of scientific criticism may militate against rushing it into production. Either way, Putin's diplomatic offensive to create a consensus among traditionally divergent states may be a portent of things to come: Boris Yeltsin may have occasionally grumbled, but he mostly allowed the U.S. free rein to unilaterally shape the international agenda. But Putin clearly plans to put up a fight where Russian interests are concerned. And so far, on the missile defense issue, he's comprehensively outmaneuvered Washington on the diplomatic front. It should be noted, of course, that this was a game for which Washington hadn...