Word: standoff
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...hope the standoff will be ended," he said...
Reality is different. The U.S. must make its choices from risky, less conclusive options. As the diplomatic game is played out in search of a nonviolent end to this standoff, Clinton and the American public need to think hard about what, realistically, can and cannot be done...
...have been sold to a facility known to manufacture anthrax and botulinum. "The issue is not whether or not the sale took place, but how the equipment is being used," says Thompson. "That's for UNSCOM to determine." The latter, of course, will have to wait until the present standoff is resolved -- if, indeed, the fermentation tank still exists by then...
Lewinsky has reportedly denied the affair in a sworn affidavit given to Starr, which he is now using as a lever. If he is able to "flip" her by threatening to bring criminal charges against her, it would set up a "he said, she said" standoff, with an uncertain outcome. But if she sticks to her denial--and says any claims of an affair on Tripp's tapes were just talk--Starr might have a difficult time. Of course, any tapes of Clinton leaving a message on Lewinsky's answering machine, if they exist, might help Starr. He could also...
...Richard Butler reheat a souffl?? The Iraq weapons-inspection standoff, which looked set to explode into war last November, has been edged off front pages despite remaining unresolved. Now the chief U.N. weapons inspector looks set to bring the crisis once more to a head by demanding access to a "presidential" site deemed off-limits by Baghdad...