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Epps said he was happy to announce the decision to rescind the travel ban, and he expressed his "appreciation for those who understood" why the College imposed the travel ban on February 8. Esme Howard contributed to the reporting of this article...
...Maintain American credibility. Once the U.S. made its initial rhetorical commitments to Israel, it could not afford to rescind them. In the zero-sum bipolar world, the U.S. feared that nonsupport for one of its allies would send others scurrying to the Soviet Union for protection. In the spirit of Machiavelli, America has preferred to reassure the Western bloc that its resident superpower would remain "a true friend...
...blamed for creating more pain after Washington cut spending and added $21 billion of new taxes as part of last year's deficit-reduction agreement. Bush is still nursing wounds for breaking his "no new taxes" pledge during the heated political battle. Yet virtually no one wants to rescind the budget deal and thereby widen the menacing federal deficit. While the Senate Budget Committee debated a resolution last week to roll back the agreement and halt the burdensome tax increases in light of the recession, lawmakers voted 21-0 to reject the proposal...
Inside the legislative chamber, however, the republic's leadership was anything but solid. The troop arrivals coincided with the republic's worst internal political crisis since Vilnius declared its independence last March. Prime Minister Kazimiera Prunskiene's government resigned after the parliament voted to rescind hefty food-price increases imposed just a day before. The economic reform drew outraged protests from Lithuania's Russians. Prunskiene, , a moderate widely admired for her ability to cool tensions with Moscow, also came under fire from ardent Lithuanian nationalists who consider her too soft on the Kremlin. The result, as liberals...
...Noriega's talks with attorneys. After the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta upheld Hoeveler's prohibition, the network appealed to Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy. He referred the matter to the full nine-member bench, which at week's end was considering an emergency CNN petition to rescind...