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...better. As officials wrestled over what particulars to use, Powell's appearance before the U.N. seemed to be setting up a diplomatic high noon. At stake was not so much whether war would ensue but whether the U.S. would fight it with all the legal, moral, political and popular support U.N. benediction would confer. Bush has said all along that the U.S. would go it alone if need be. It's no secret that some in his Administration were eager to do just that way back last summer. But Powell convinced Bush then of the benefits of operating with...
...pressure on politicians in Washington to confront the injustice of the HEA drug provision. These efforts must continue. We citizens must not become as complacent as our politicians, whether in regard to this particular law, drug policy, or national issues in general; the essence of democracy is at stake. In such times, when the burden to do what is right falls upon the people because their representatives have failed, knowledgeable citizens have a duty to inform others...
...also face Brandeis on Wednesday with the NFC title at stake...
...benefits the government supplies us with: the cost of negotiating and administrating NAFTA, of the CIA toppling foreign governments on behalf of their vital business interests, of a military whose budget is greater than the sum of the next six largest military budgets. Whose interests are at stake here...
Only a year earlier, Lif says, he had begun to “stake [his] claim as an emcee.” Lif and other up-and-comers—including Mr. Turk, 7L and DJ Sense, who features on Colossus—started putting on shows at the Middle East club in Central Square, which flew the flag for Boston...