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...BLUE] DEMOCRATS WON'T PUT UP A FIGHT [RED] GET READY FOR A SHOWDOWN * NOT A FORMAL CABINET LEVEL POSITION...
TIME's argument for naming Bush is that this was a historic election, one that will be cited in the century to come, and that whoever was the survivor would be a "symbol of a historic showdown." True, but Bush was not the sole cause of the great drama, simply its beneficiary. He was a part of the action, but so were Vice President Al Gore, Ralph Nader, the designers of the Florida ballot and the Founding Fathers, who created the Electoral College. Bush has not done one thing to effect change on anyone so far. I congratulate...
First the Crimson will have to get through Williams and Dartmouth, but if all goes as planned, the Feb. 3 showdown with defending national champion Trinity should be a dandy...
...region. But recent attacks on NATO forces by Albanian nationalists seeking to colonize a tiny strip of ethnic-Albanian inhabited Serb territory just across the border from Kosovo are a sign that some Albanians won't be taking no for an answer, and may be hoping to provoke a showdown with Belgrade before the Bush Administration carries out its threat to withdraw U.S. forces from the region. The new government of President Vojislav Kostunica is prepared to restrain the Yugoslav army as long as NATO remains prepared to do curb the guerrillas, but that may put Western troops...
...Horizon: Increased tension over Kosovo?s future, and a major showdown between Washington and its European allies over proposals to withdraw U.S. forces from Balkans peacekeeping. The Europeans have warned that the U.S. will cede its right to command NATO forces in Europe if it refuses to have its troops on the frontline...