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...lash out is tempered by a self-protective need to maintain harmonious economic and political relations with America's most vital Asian ally. The quandary has ; left the Bush Administration walking a fine line between heated cries to battle by congressional trade hawks and equally urgent calls for restraint by dedicated free traders. Last week President Bush took a congressionally mandated swipe at Japan, but delivered the blow gently -- in the hope that Tokyo would not feel compelled to counterpunch...
...precisely those features of his Panama policy that have served Bush well make a mockery of a prominent theme in his presidential campaign. As a candidate, Bush lambasted Michael Dukakis for advocating the sort of military restraint and multilateral diplomacy on which Bush has relied as President...
...public increasingly demands a risk-free society -- whatever the cost, and whether or not they can protect themselves. Immune from the ills that ail less affluent cultures, America has the luxury of fretting over the little things. It is the particular indulgence of baby boomers who believe that restraint of one's appetites, daily workouts and a lot of oat bran can delay aging indefinitely. To health-and-fitness puritans, sagging flesh and excess weight represent an inexcusable lack of vigilance. Accustomed to success in translating their private anxieties into public activity -- protesting a war, toppling a President, taking over...
That kind of enthusiasm is infectious. In an era of budgetary restraint, Washington has been unblinkingly generous toward the genome project, especially since last April, when an array of scientists testified on the subject at a congressional committee hearing. There, Nobel laureate Watson of DNA fame, since picked by the NIH to head the effort, mesmerized listeners with his plea for support: "I see an extraordinary potential for human betterment ahead of us. We can have at our disposal the ultimate tool for understanding ourselves at the molecular level . . . The time...
...statement thus far from anyone in the Government, there was little more that the Administration could do. The U.S. had no diplomatic pawns to move, nor had it ever ended the trade embargo imposed on Iran in 1979. In fact, the Bush Administration seemed to be acting with considerable restraint, perhaps to protect the nine American hostages still in the hands of fanatic Muslims linked to Iran. Much of the week's most vocal outrage came from writers and publishers, who belatedly rallied to Rushdie's defense. Not a word was heard from Moscow...