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...such a settlement were to rely on anything more than token U.N. military support, however, it might be doomed. Boutros-Ghali notes that U.N. members have stubbornly not put up the money that could finance Somalian peace -- funds needed to organize police forces or a judicial system, for example. So American troops might have to pull out with no settlement in place, and if Somalia remains dangerous, it seems unlikely that other troops will stay after the Yanks go. Boutros-Ghali remarks that France, Italy, Belgium, Jordan and Tunisia are already talking about pulling out even before the U.S. does...
Today, however, "women in the legal professionare establishing new traditions by their actionsand their numbers afford assurance against areturn to old ways," Ginsburg said. "The days ofthe token, one-at-a-time woman are indeed over...
...Washington rather than Virginia Beach, and will be open to press coverage. To overcome the group's conspiratorial image, Reed decided on the motif of a coming-out party. In a bow to political ecumenism, he persuaded David Wilhelm, chairman of the Democratic National Committee, to be the token liberal among dozens of conservative speakers. The movement remains overwhelmingly white and has roots in the backlash against the civil rights revolution; so Reed commissioned a national poll of minority churchgoers, hoping to find some unlikely constituency among their ranks. Sure enough, this week he will announce figures showing that...
...Tbilisi underscores what dangers can lurk even in altruism. Many Russians are acutely suspicious that Washington aims to block a return of their influence in areas they long controlled. Russia's neighbors wonder what help the U.S. can offer in defusing their ethnic problems and strife with Moscow except token amounts of aid. So far, programs like Woodruff's are strictly defensive. But the more the U.S. takes sides in these disputes, the more enemies it will acquire...
...isolate any major legislation attempted in the last months from a basic desire to enhance the approval rating? And on the same token, can we find any substance behind the filibustering minority...