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...Lebanon. Israel lost around 2,000 men in Lebanon over that period - a trauma that can only be understood in proportion to the total population size, i.e., as the equivalent of the U.S. losing 100,000 of its own troops. It has no intention of returning to that particular status quo ante...
...Publicly, Bush Administration officials say that wouldn't be enough to lift Washington's 44-year-old economic embargo against Cuba. They insist that Raul, even if he does open Cuba's threadbare economy, is every bit the unacceptable tyrant Fidel is - someone who promises more of the autocratic status quo than any kind of democratic transition. But privately, some admit they prefer the prospect of a Raul interregnum to the kind of post-Fidel chaos that could result in tens of thousands of Cubans rafting into South Florida - just the sort of diplomatic and logistical crisis that has long...
...retooling of The Miracle of Morgan's Creek (unwanted pregnancy, frantic attempt to get the girl married, small town in an uproar), Botticelli-beautiful Stefania Sandrelli is Agnese, a lamb led to the slaughter of her ideals by a father, a family and a society that values honor (status) over honesty. Germi's tireless cinematic inventiveness matches his furious pace in a magnificent satire that leaves the viewer exhausted, angry and grateful...
...Washington has therefore insisted that there can be no going back to the status quo of three weeks ago, and that any truce must eliminate any ability for Hizballah to threaten Israel's northern border. Because Washington lacks engagement with the only regional players able to restrain Hizballah - Syria and Iran - Washington's prime leverage against the organization has been the Israeli military campaign...
...subtle ways. At times, she seemed to cling to dry diplomatic jargon. ?We?re making real progress on a political framework,? she said at one point.? At another, she said, ?We also have to realize that we cannot have a? circumstance in which there is a return to the status quo ante.? ?Now, I think the Security Council will take this up,? Rice said, apparently attempting to look forward to the infamously dilatory world of U.N. diplomacy in positive terms. ?We want the Security Council to take it up soon, and we want the Security Council to take...