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Some said it was the news that the Pentagon was getting close to showtime - fighter jets are being moved to the Gulf, deployment orders issued, a military response starting to take shape. Some said the sight of Alan Greenspan and Robert Rubin shoulder-to-shoulder again and talking with congressional leaders about how to save the economy stirred a rush of Proustian memories of those golden, olden days of the late '90s, when bankers fought the wars and soldiers stayed home...
...conference was conceived, in 1997, in the conviction--a true one--that "the dream of a world free of racial hatred and bias remains only half fulfilled." Robinson hoped the conference would "shape and embody the spirit of the new century, based on [the] shared conviction that we are all members of the human family." But for such sentiments to be more than pious cant, those who went to Durban had to travel in a spirit of generosity, reconciliation and compromise...
...There will be moments of silence. There will be light volume. There will be some unwillingness to rush in when so much is still uncertain. It will change things if George W. Bush this weekend gives investors something to focus on - some shape of the military response, some show of his leadership, some good guess about the state of gold, of oil, of the world going forward...
...These courses often provide the basis for cohesive learning communities, which spark intellectual confidence among their members. At Drury University in Missouri, for instance, orientation groups of 20 students meet with a faculty mentor three times a week during freshman year to analyze the ideas that shape life in America...
...Perhaps above all, those who wanted Powell to lead American foreign policy have seen him somewhat at odds with the rest of the team on its very essence. The U.S. is at one of those fortunate?and rare?moments in history when it can shape the world. Like others on the Bush team, Powell is a natural conservative, with a keen sense of the need to protect American interests. But when he accepted his job, he focused not on the threats challenging the lone superpower but on the opportunities victory in the cold war offered. America could lead, he said...