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...part of the Yale appearance, comments McArthur made to President Neil L. Rudenstine at an administrative retreat in June of 1992, in which he spoke of critical issues in the Business School's future, were made public...
...American as apple pie, partly because the cold war is over, partly because in Bosnia, Somalia and Haiti, Clinton and his foreign policy team evoke the gang that couldn't shoot straight. That impression was certainly reinforced by the spectacle of the "world's only superpower" beating a panicky retreat in Mogadishu over the deaths of 18 American troops. But, you say, along with practically everyone else, if we intervene somewhere and risk even one American life, it must be only in the American national interest. The nagging question: Just what is the American national interest...
...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...
...coverage didn't stop there. By Tuesday, astrongly worded article in the Boston Globesuggested that McArthur's public appearance atYale, and his remarks at the June 1992 retreat,were a deliberate effort to derail Rudenstine'svision...
...would be so easy for our competitive situation to change quite suddenly, and dramatically," the dean said in his comments from the retreat. "We could become an also-ran in our fields of activity almost overnight. Indeed, this is perhaps the most likely outcome over time...And our community is fragile. Very fragile...