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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...collapse, he reasoned, America could freely indulge its passion for promoting democracy and protecting human rights. The President was quickly labeled the archetypal New Interventionist, and promising forceful action became a staple of his statements. The cost of such promises became clear in Bosnia, Somalia and Haiti. Clinton's retreat from all three has accommodated the public's revulsion at risking American lives without an obvious national interest on the line. When humanitarian interventions require force, the President has learned, there is safety in indifference...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Political Interest Putting Business First | 11/29/1993 | See Source »

...Davis called the treaty as it stands now a "partial retreat...

Author: By Douglas M. Pravda, | Title: NAFTA: The Pros, the Cons and the Compromises | 11/19/1993 | See Source »

...goes out of me and I feel terribly weak. I'm depleted." After a crusade he returns to relax with his wife Ruth in the rambling log home that she designed years ago as their sanctuary. It sits up in the Blue Ridge Mountains above Montreat, North Carolina, a retreat from the demands that press upon him continually...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: God's Billy Pulpit | 11/15/1993 | See Source »

...national holiday and we should respect it," said Julia W. Andelman '97, who skipped section in Music 2, "Fundamentals of Music Theory I," to attend a retreat with the student music group Collegium. "There's a reason we don't have classes...

Author: By Carrie L. Zinaman, | Title: Professors Hold Classes In Defiance of Holiday | 11/12/1993 | See Source »

...more serious scheme to install an interim President hinges on the not unreasonable assumption that Clinton may at some point have to cut a deal with the military, declare a victory and retreat home to resume training his laser on domestic issues. It also requires continued accord within Haiti's reigning troika. Biamby and Cedras have been close friends since the early 1970s when they both attended Haiti's military academy. They show no inclination to part ways...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Haiti: With Friends Like These | 11/8/1993 | See Source »

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