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...wrote those sentences in his Princeton thesis 40 years ago, the Secretary of State's underlying pessimism about the prospects for peace in the Middle East has remained constant. As the most political of diplomats, Baker shares Irving Kristol's observation: "Those whom the Gods would destroy they first tempt to resolve the Arab-Israeli conflict." So why has Baker now joined a long line of U.S. leaders who have attempted to do just that...
...heard by the jurors, it may help persuade them to find the defendant guilty. But the verdict will no longer be overturned automatically -- provided that an appeals court finds that other evidence would have been sufficient to obtain a conviction. Some legal experts fear that the new standard will tempt prosecutors to introduce questionable confessions in borderline cases in the hope that any resulting conviction will be upheld...
THAT an angry electorate could tempt itself with a drastic budget reform proposal like Question 3 on tomorrow's ballot should come as no surprise to anyone who has followed Bay State politics for the past two years. By almost any measure imaginable, the state of Massachusetts in the year 1990 is an economic shambles, and nearly everyone--Democrat and Republican--realizes that something has to be done to clean up the mess...
Once sufficient U.S. forces are in place, political pressures might tempt Bush to break the stalemate by trying for a quick military victory. If Saddam's seizure of U.S. diplomats last week is any guide, Iraq is capable of an action so provocative that the U.S. would be forced to retaliate. But war is never as quick, clean or painless as the planners say. Patience and determination might still avert the increasingly inevitable tragedy. Those qualities are in alarmingly short supply...
...other leveraged-buyout firms. Rather than relying on debt to finance purchases, Investcorp usually pumps a large amount of its own equity capital into the companies it acquires. Moreover, the firm generally adopts a hands-off approach to managing its holdings. While the cost of the Saks buyout may tempt Investcorp to push for higher profits, the Bahrain firm contends that it will be true to its unmeddlesome philosophy. "We are owners, not managers," said Savio Tung, a top officer. "We bid for Saks because we thought it was a great company, not because we wanted to change...