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...firmly behind a popular president asking for a resolution on Iraq, the next he's lambasting the same president for his "atrocious" record on economic policy. In other words, he stands exactly where the American people stand on not one, but two hot-button issues. And for this neat trick, he is our Person of the Week...
...that debate has shifted to the U.N., a new resolution will indeed be drafted. Whatever its precise words, its purpose will be to require that Iraq grant unfettered access to weapons inspectors or be declared in breach of its post-Gulf War obligations and face the military consequences. The trick will be to make such a resolution so tough that the American Administration does not think Saddam can wriggle out of its terms, while not making the whole exercise appear a cynical sham...
...thing is not to oppose American military action in Iraq for the fun of it--in fact, relations between the French and American governments have been quietly improving--but to ensure that any war has a U.N. seal of approval. A carefully crafted Security Council resolution should do the trick, as it should for the Chinese--similarly opposed to the unilateral display of American armed force--and the Russians. "Russia isn't going to mess up its relationship with the U.S. because of Iraq," says a Foreign Ministry source in Moscow. To be sure, Russian support for the U.S. will...
...consumer IM system can't send messages to users of another--say, from AOL to Yahoo, or Microsoft to AOL. Third-party software, available from vendors such as Cerulean Studios and Imici, can make the connection. But some customized systems for the workplace can do the same trick while providing greater security...
...Probably the most important attribute for this position is an ability to see the big picture,” Pedersen wrote in an e-mail. “The trick is to make sure that each individual program works as part of the whole. Dick has had lots of experience at that already, since he’s been involved with many different parts of the undergraduate curriculum...