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Think the current showdown over the Homeland Security Department is all about unions? Well, you're almost right...
Their policies have set up a showdown between the two colleges and the professional organization that establishes those guidelines, the National Association for College Admission Counseling (NACAC), that could result in their expulsion from the group...
...showdown does reach a critical point and Princeton and Brown are expelled, it might prompt a reevaluation of the entire Early Decision system, according to Fallows...
...remote. Still, wars can arise from misperceptions, and the disconnect between Chinese and U.S. positions leaves ample room for misunderstanding. Qiao Liang, a P.L.A. colonel who is about to publish a book called Decisive Strike, is among those in China who wonder if America has the stomach for a showdown. "Is the U.S. prepared to spend all its national wealth defending Taiwan?" he asks. "Because China will be a thousand Afghanistans...
...British officials have not abandoned their intention to force an ultimate showdown with Saddam, but Iraq's success in changing the subject last week illustrated how hard it may be for the hawks to get to that point. Bush's call for weapons inspections relieved allies abroad and mollified the Administration's skeptics at home by creating the promise of broad solidarity. But it also kick started a process that Saddam has spent 11 years exploiting to his advantage. Now that the Administration has committed itself, rhetorically at least, to disarming Saddam peacefully before it launches a war to remove...