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...sheer ridiculousness of the beret plan, however, begs a larger question: why are we changing the hats at all? When our national defense can only strengthen its forces by wearing a different style of headgear, we may want to reevaluate our military policies. Perhaps we have fewer recruits because Americans see how petty the Army can be. The solution to the Army's recruiting woes begins not with fashion ensembles but with enlightenment...
Yasser Arafat must have had an objective in mind when he sat down in late September with leaders of the Tanzim, the Palestinians' grassroots militias, and instructed them to prepare for possible confrontation. Maybe he thought a judicious application of violence could strengthen his negotiating hand with the Israelis. Or he wanted to restore his footing with Palestinians alienated by the deeply frustrating process of peace. Or he had given up hope of ever negotiating a settlement acceptable to his people and decided to let them express their profound dismay...
...Bhabha's appointment] will enable us to strengthen our teaching...
That is not to say that old issues of military power and alliances have disappeared; both candidates pledge to improve relations with Russia and China and to strengthen the military. But although Bush's foreign policy platform sees the world divided into alliances, our relationships with countries abroad cannot be reduced to such terms. For instance, the U.S. owes more than $582 million in United Nations dues that Congress has refused Clinton Administration requests to release; this reluctance has weakened U.N. efforts and worsened relations with many nations that believe the U.S. is shirking its fair share of costs...
...supporters of a student center rightly remind us of the need for institutions to bring Harvard students together. But by persisting in an unrealistic desire for a new building, we neglect the many ways that we can improve the environment we already inhabit to support student groups and strengthen our community...