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...troop withdrawal from the zone. But most in the Israeli government, and indeed in the United States', feel that Israel's troops are where they must be. "The purpose of the zone is actually not to prevent conflict," says Stewart, "but to prevent conflict from occurring on Israel soil." Pulling out now, he says, would only serve to move the 'front' south, to Israel's northern border. And the troop presence remains Israel's most valuable card in any negotiations with Syria. Until such talks get under way, Stewart says, expect the ongoing conflict to continue. And the soldiers...
...apply a strategy that ensures we cover the depth of the people," Graham says. "If we end up on African soil, we talk about everything--temperature, the equator, geography and the land...
...bankrolling corporate takeovers in favor of the mundane. Morgan Stanley has always considered such "retail" brokerage a pauper's enterprise. It has stuck with raising capital for the world's largest companies and advising them on what to do with same. Individual investors? Phew. Morgan bankers wouldn't soil their wing tips in that mire...
...Robert J. Dole ... " As East Room erupted in laughter, Dole continued dryly: " ... do solemnly swear. Uh, wrong speech." Just three days before Clinton will utter that same oath, he awarded his election opponent the nation's highest civilian honor. Dole was clearly moved when Clinton said: "Son of the soil, citizen, soldier and legislator, Bob Dole understands the American people, their struggles, their triumphs and their dreams." Choking back tears, Dole said "I will cherish it as long as I live." But even as he was moved, Dole kept his sense of humor: "I had a dream that I would...
Thus was launched what is possibly the single most audacious act in the history of terrorist hostage taking. The prominence of the prisoners, along with the fact that the siege was technically taking place on the soil of a foreign embassy, turned what might have been simply a debilitating domestic emergency in Peru into an international scandal. It dealt a staggering blow to Fujimori, who has staked much of his political fortune on stamping out homegrown terrorism. At the same time, it lent worldwide recognition to a group of insurgents that Fujimori only two years ago dismissed as a spent...