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...Foggy Bottom" (Opinion, Oct. 23): The efforts of the United States and its NATO allies in inviting three crucial Eastern European nations to join the alliance can scarcely be compared to Nazism. Nothing could be further from the truth. It is crucial that we take steps now to strengthen European security and not abandon our democratic allies so these nations do not succumb to larger powers, as they did before and during World War II. Had the United States taken the kind of the steps it is taking now in, say, 1930, the Second World War and the rise...
Today, the Pilates exercise system remains relatively similar to its founder's original concept. It is designed to lengthen and strengthen muscles, to increase flexibility and to rehabilitate injuries. It targets every woman's post-freshman 15 nemesis--the abdomen, lower back, upper thighs and buttocks. Promised Joseph Pilates, "You will feel better in 10 sessions, look better in 20 sessions, and have a completely new body in 30 sessions...
...niece who died when she was six," he says. "Cancer. She was very strong, but the life was taken out of her. It's as if her purpose was to strengthen our family ties, and it was an amazing thing this little girl accomplished. Maybe it will be the same for these families...
...Like settling the Paula Jones suit, this strategy will not make impeachment hearings go away. But the Clinton camp is desperate to strengthen its political hand -- to the point, they hope, where they can persuade Congress to make a deal. Neither side of this pincer movement has succeeded yet, however. Negotiations with Jones' lawyers appear to have stalled on the size of the payoff, with the plaintiff's team reportedly holding out for a cool million. "We have put an offer on the table that should be accepted and will be accepted eventually," Jones attorney David Pyke said Sunday. When...
...Wang] was not playing her top tennis," Jain said. "The injury is not serious, she just needs to strengthen it and take some time off. It has been bothering her all summer...