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...village elder standing outside the mosque at Halabsa, a town close to the place from which the two American soldiers were abducted last week. "Not only kidnap," adds his friend Wadah al-Hamdani. "We're going to kill them like sheep." Then he made one of those motions understood in all countries and all cultures--of a knife being drawn across a throat. --Reported by Joshua Kucera/Majar al-Kabir, Scott Macleod/Baghdad, Simon Robinson/Halabsa and Mark Thompson/Washington
Better than most diplomats in the nation's history, Franklin understood that America's strength in world affairs would come from a mix that included idealism as well as realism. When woven together, as they would be in policies ranging from the Monroe Doctrine to the Marshall Plan, they were the warp and woof of a sturdy foreign policy. And when countries such as France felt that the soft suasion of idealism was lacking, as has recently been the case, it proved harder to attract them to a cause. "America's great historical moments," historian Bernard Bailyn has noted, "have...
...Palfrey said he understood the decision: the need for student safety outweighed the pleasures brought by crackling fires...
...What I hope you will learn in your college years is this: an active and enlightened curiosity and a belief that by thinking systematically, the world can better be understood,” Summers told the assembled students, many of whom had not yet begun their undergraduate years. “And when it is better understood, it can be made better...
After immersing themselves in the subject, the couple determined that the climate of Long Island was similar to that of Bordeaux, France, where a grape known as Vitis vinifera had long flourished. "We had done extensive research; we understood what the limitations were," says Louisa. The Hargraves raised both of their children on the vineyard and eventually sold the business in 1999. "We studied the situation and we felt it was a risk worth taking. If it didn't work out, we were young, and could go do something else...