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...improve the world. This goal is not an unintended, incidental by-product, not even a secondary intention. Rather, one's primary intention is to improve the world both actively and directly--as unerringly as the word "seek" implies. All other intentions and by-products, though at times important, remain subordinate...
...Tuesday to get Gulf War allies on board for action against Iraq's new defiance of the U.N. The Security Council meets Wednesday to formulate a response to Baghdad, which could be a prelude to military strikes -- although Russia, France, China and pro-Western Arab states are likely to remain firmly opposed...
...Looper is now the only name on the ballot to greet--and unnerve--the voters. Tennessee law mandates that a dead man's name must be removed from the ballot, but that of a man charged with but not convicted of a felony can remain. Burks' wife Charlotte is now running as a Democratic write-in candidate, and some key members of the embarrassed G.O.P. are supporting her. Tommy Burks' only remaining legacy on the ballot is a referendum question he sponsored: a proposed amendment to the state's constitution that would establish a crime victim's bill of rights...
...gift: the present called the Wye River Memorandum. Its terms are modest. It provides for the return of a parcel of sparsely inhabited land in the West Bank. It firms up the details of the implementation of accords the P.L.O. and Israel had reached in 1993. Far tougher disputes remain, including the future of Jerusalem and the return of Palestinian refugees. According to the original timetable, all these must be settled by next May--when Arafat has threatened to declare a Palestinian state. But last week's accord, fought for and won over nine tumultuous days, created new momentum toward...
Wolfe was a baseball pitcher for his team at Washington and Lee University and says if he had been good enough to reach the major leagues, he would probably never have become a writer. But except for squash, he has been content to remain a spectator of sports ever since. "I never played golf or tennis, and the money I didn't waste on those pursuits I wasted on clothes." He says he owns "30 or 40 suits, I guess" and rewards himself for a good day's work by visiting his tailor to discuss new possibilities. "When...