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...amount of diplomacy, quiet or otherwise, can obscure Mugabe's determination to win the presidential election scheduled for early 2002. There is a belief in Harare that Mugabe is stepping up the pressure to secure urban support-by intimidation and force if necessary-in order to hold a snap election this year, possibly in July, that will put him in power for another six years. If that is the case, he should look elsewhere for his next birthday party. By then, even Victoria Falls may be closed...
...grow. Paul Kennedy, the Yale historian who wrote The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers, advises those who fret about this to relax; he thinks the bonds can afford to stretch a little now that the Soviet Union has fallen, because we can be confident they would snap back in the face of a real threat. But Michael Howard, former British Home Secretary, has just started a new group, Atlantic Partnership, precisely because he fears the alliance may suffer permanent damage from a rising tide of special-interest squabbles. Rudolf Scharping, the German Defense Minister, recently declared that...
Walking more quickly in an effort to distract myself produced an almost dizzying effect. On each row, a title or two would snap into relief, barely able to be resolved by the dutiful memory before the next row was at hand. At irregular intervals, the heady stream of words would part to reveal curious eyes turned suddenly upward from the desk, beyond their appointed carrel, deep in thought...
Harvard (12-10, 5-5 Ivy) is coming off two tough losses at Brown and Yale this past weekend and is hoping to snap its recent three game losing skid. The recent slide has dropped the Crimson into a fifth place tie with Columbia in the Ivy League standings and has virtually taken the Crimson out of contention for the conference championship...
...Crimson managed to recover its winning ways and snap a two-game losing streak, despite the loss of sophomore setter Mike Bookman...