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...ally of Jumblatt's in the Syrian-backed National Salvation Front. Eddé, who went into exile because of fears of assassination, is the country's most popular politician, mainly because of his gilt-edged reputation for honesty. He is also stubborn, which would probably earn him a veto from Syria. Franjieh, on the other hand, is obviously on good terms with Damascus, and would enjoy its support...
...personality. Yet personality and character matter, because they suggest how a President would respond in a crisis, or whether he would dare to do the unpopular. Nowadays conversations about candidates turn less on specific issues than on judgments of them as tough-minded, unfair, soft, impetuous, cautious, shrewd, stubborn, dangerous. When with trick or trap questions television interviewers try to test how a challenger would react under pressure, the questioners often end up appearing overbearing and rude. Far from being a diversion from a sensible discussion of the issues, however, judgments about character and temperament are essential in choosing...
...adage "stubborn as a mule" has any truth to it, then the Harvard women's ice hockey team beat Colby at its own game...
Even if the Saudi-arranged withdrawal plan proves to be a success, it is obvious that many issues remain to be settled. Syria's Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Farouk al Sharaa, told TIME Correspondent Roberto Suro, with a touch of asperity, "If Arafat insists on remaining stubborn and uncompromising, then perhaps he will not find any more mediators after this." As for the P.L.O.'s future, added Sharaa: "We would prefer to see a collective leadership, but it is not our job to advise the Palestinians on this." Arafat may emerge with his chairmanship intact...
...Ballard shows in images of great but distinctly unsentimental beauty, stressing the contrast between the blundering ways of man and the sometimes harsh, sometimes subtle efficiency with which a natural environment functions when left to its own devices. As the Mowat character, Charles Martin Smith plays with ingratiating innocence, stubborn and plucky. His art, like that of Ballard's cameraman, Hiro Narita, lies in understatement that does not imply dispassion. Ballard and his masterly crew of film makers have reimagined a corner of the natural world, metaphorically connecting the cold spaces and indifferent silences of a vast land with...