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...early-departure policy had one immediate success: it calmed the revolt in Congress. Whatever doubts they might retain, lawmakers generally welcomed a firm deadline for withdrawal -- and what they took as a sort of declaration of independence from the U.N. and Boutros-Ghali. The new U.S. troops will be under American, not U.N., command, and Oakley will operate as an American, not a U.N., representative. Republicans in particular have long suspected Boutros- Ghali of taking a dictatorial line; they delight in quoting him as once having said U.S. troops would be withdrawn from Somalia "when I say they can come...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Somalia: Anatomy of a Disaster | 10/18/1993 | See Source »

Cities will fall all over themselves to serve up tax abatements, new stadiums, and bond issues in order to attract or retain professional sports teams. All these expensive goodies must come out of the cities' purses and hence out of the taxpayers' pockets. Their direct beneficiaries are wealthy franchise owners and overcompensated freaks-of-nature...

Author: By Benjamin J. Heller, | Title: Sporting Follies | 10/16/1993 | See Source »

...game accepts that it's subject to public trust and public duty, then it should stand," he said. "Baseball should retain its immunity if it deserves...

Author: By Todd F. Braunstein, | Title: Fay Vincent Speaks at IOP | 10/15/1993 | See Source »

...only way to fully address the problems with our health care system is to attack its core. By removing the restrictions that enable the AMA to retain a monopoly on health care, we could successfully put America's health care crises in the past...

Author: By Evan P. Cucci, | Title: Liberty in Health Care | 10/15/1993 | See Source »

Students added Liem should allow current tutorsto retain their jobs as an exception to the fiveyear rule. If the rule is enforced, David Bear'92, a non-resident tutor in physics and anoutspoken critic of Liem and the Li brothers, willbe forced to resign at the end of this year...

Author: By Elie G. Kaunfer, | Title: Tutors to Retract Threats of Libel | 10/13/1993 | See Source »

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