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...Washington's hard-liners--those who insist that you can't get rid of the threat from Saddam's weapons of mass destruction without getting rid of Saddam--just going to the U.N. has risks. Diplomatic negotiations, with their shuffled compromises and ambiguous texts, are not the favorite terrain of the moral-clarity crowd, who need no fresh justification to get rid of Saddam. A White House aide says sharply, "We haven't said anything about a new [Security Council] resolution." But in practice, both American and foreign diplomats are working on the assumption that now that debate has shifted...
...Washington's hard-liners - those who insist that you can't get rid of the threat from Saddam's weapons of mass destruction without getting rid of Saddam - just going to the U.N. has risks. Diplomatic negotiations, with their shuffled compromises and ambiguous texts, are not the favorite terrain of the moral-clarity crowd, who need no fresh justification to get rid of Saddam. A White House aide says sharply, "We haven't said anything about a new [Security Council] resolution." But in practice, both American and foreign diplomats are working on the assumption that now that debate has shifted...
...good news for Raffarin is that even though France's social and labor terrain is heavily mined, his majority may be able to use its five-year term to put its reforms into place gradually?and ride out any waves of protest. With the leftist opposition in disarray after its electoral trouncing last June, Raffarin's stiffest challenge may come from the European Union: its requirement that budget deficits steadily come down will be tough during an economic slump, especially if Raffarin cuts taxes without shrinking the public sector. That's an economic equation studded with contradiction and conflict?qualities...
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...bought his first new Harley when he was 49, notes that many new Harley purchasers are in their late 50s. The average age is 46. A lot of folks want one after they finish with tuition and the mortgage, he says. He likes Polaris Industries, which makes all-terrain vehicles, snowmobiles and Jet Skis, and American Woodmark, which makes cabinets that go in remodeled kitchens...