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...fighters. KING FAHD's surprising flip-flop may prove to be a pragmatic move. The Saudis relish their role as Washington's pre-eminent Arab partners in the Middle East peace process, so they would rather not risk embarrassing GEORGE BUSH. The $4 billion transaction would have undercut the President's vow to scale back arms sales to the Middle East and would surely launch a bruising battle between the White House and Israel's allies in Congress. The Saudis will renew their request after things quiet down, but if they have to, they can always turn to Britain...
...about the importance of the Atlantic alliance. Foreign Minister Roland Dumas last week called it "the primary instrument at the present time for Europe's security." But ever since President Charles de Gaulle pulled his troops out of NATO's integrated command in 1966, Paris has been trying to undercut American influence on the Continent. "NATO remains America's anchor in Europe," says Philippe Moreau- Defarges of the French Institute of International Relations, "but it cannot be the structure for Europe's future...
CLEARLY, the Cambridge City Council cannot undercut the authority of the Drug Enforcement Agency on this one. At best, we can hope that the resolution sends a defiant message to our state and federal officials. But the real value of the resolution lies not in what it says, but in who said...
...Clean Air Act, which the White House backed but now fears will cost more than $26 billion to implement. Last summer the council asked the EPA to make more than 100 changes in proposed regulations for carrying out the act, changes that top EPA officials say undercut the law. The most controversial proposed change would allow polluters to unilaterally increase their emissions if states ignore a waiver request for more than seven days. "You could drive a big truck through some of those holes," said a top EPA official...
...funding critique is a powerful and valid one. Some of Weld's proposed initiatives have already been undercut by his own massive spending cuts on education. For example, a major plank in Weld's plan is the establishment of school governance councils consisting of parents and teachers. Apart from the less-than-revolutionary nature of a more powerful PTA, this initiative is problematic because it was already launched in 1988 under the name "school improvement councils." The budget for these councils has already been cut by the governor...