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...republics of the U.S.S.R. is approved. Three suggestions: Union of Sovereign Socialist States (U.S.S.S.), put forth by none other than Mikhail Gorbachev; Union of Euro-Asian Republics, a coinage of the late Andrei Sakharov; and Union of Soviet Sovereign Republics, a nomination from the floor. That, of course, would retain both the word Soviet and the initials U.S.S.R. (or, in the Russian language and Cyrillic alphabet, C.C.C.P.). If none of them are judged suitable, there is always the Union of Squabbling Socialist Republics...
Thus the U.S. should retain its leading role -- but not by the same wide margin. The U.S. effort in the gulf and the international support it rallied show that there are still tasks that only the U.S. is able and willing to undertake. It also shows that the U.S. cannot and should not undertake them alone. In the emerging, decentralized world, no single power will play the kind of predominant part that was possible in the 19th and 20th centuries. It will be an era of diffused power. In his book Bound to Lead, political scientist Joseph Nye Jr. speaks...
...Second American Century will require the U.S. to retain and greatly improve its role as an example...
After graduation, the First Class marshals, who retain their titles for life, will continue to serve as the titular leaders of the class...
Despite a return to the old headline style, the paper will retain the new features and the new name plate, she said...