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...DIED. PAUL H. NITZE, 97, U.S. negotiator and diplomat who worked in every Administration from Franklin Roosevelt's through Ronald Reagan's; in Washington, D.C. Erudite and irritable, wealthy and brash, Nitze was involved in many of the most important foreign-policy matters of post-World War II America, from the Marshall Plan to the nuclear arms race. An original cold warrior, he believed in countering the Soviet Union with military strength, although he may be best remembered for his 1982 attempt at conciliation, when he invited his Soviet counterpart to take a walk near Geneva in an effort...
...Romney: "I don't want to arm wrestle, but Governor Schwarzenegger upped the ante." Now, after vetoing a state minimum-wage hike, he's about to up it some more. California's billboard campaign will expand in the next few weeks to more cities--and even overseas. --By Margot Roosevelt...
...wave of popular fascination with alien encounters. DIED. PAUL H. NITZE, 97, formidable diplomat and negotiator who was one of the principal architects of American's cold war policies toward the Soviet Union; in Washington, D.C. Erudite, brash and sometimes irritable, he worked for Presidents from Franklin D. Roosevelt through to Ronald Reagan, helping to instigate the postwar Marshall Plan and, in 1950, writing a key paper that urged a U.S. economic and military buildup to "frustrate the Kremlin design of a world dominated by its will." Yet this early cold warrior became better known for his later efforts...
...their female peers to join them. Women need to wake up in the morning like men and say to themselves, “I can and will run for office.” Women need to realize the enormous power they can have in politics. After all, as Eleanor Roosevelt once proclaimed, “It’s up to the women...
...From Roosevelt to Clinton,” Holbrooke added, “the rule was ‘multilateral if we can; unilateral if we must.’” The Bush Administration, he argued, has reversed that policy...