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...Today's rhetoric is certainly a lot softer than President Bush's yesterday. And it's General Powell doing the talking today. But yesterday, President Bush actually did a good job of feathering the pedal. He didn't set any deadlines, even if he did appear to be tapping his foot and looking at his watch...
...Bush in the White House, if this thing goes in looking like McCain-Feingold and gets so adjusted that it looks more like the Hagel bill every day, then it's very likely we'll have some kind of campaign finance reform. (Nebraska Senator Chuck Hagel is promoting a softer soft-money bill...
...Iraq Liberation Act, toppling the regime in Baghdad never been the policy of the United Nations or of the Gulf War coalition. And, of course, the legislators may be keen to hear what other ideas the secretary of state may have if they're to swallow a significantly softer sanctions regime. There, Powell may be in a bit of a box. While he can ritually intone the mantra of taking steps to change the regime in Baghdad, he also has to be concerned that this is a policy option that causes concern among the Arab states on whom Washington must...
...only twins with differences in our family. My father, a writer and former diplomat, had an identical twin brother, Francis, who was a right-brained banker. Francis, who died in 1992, also had identical twin daughters. My cousin Rose is an intense adventurist while her sister Peg is softer and more traditional...
...just turned away from pop music altogether. And if you happen to be a teenager, of course, you might not mind if they did. But the funny thing is, at the same time that the hard edge of pop gets harder and the soft edge gets softer, it's plain that rock has also become one of those things, like pets and baseball, that lets parents and kids find a shared passion. It may be that Eminem doesn't provide much opportunity for parent-child bonding, unless you're trying to explain why the incest taboo is not just some...