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...blinked, Shultz or Arafat? In the State Department's view, the stubborn, strong-willed Shultz had played hardball diplomacy with Arafat until he got what he wanted. Even Shultz's unpopular decision to deny Arafat a visa to speak at the U.N. in New York City was portrayed as a deliberate tactic to push the P.L.O. chairman into uttering the magic words that had never before passed his lips: that the P.L.O. renounced terrorism and "recognized Israel's right to exist within secure borders." Insisted Shultz: "I didn't change my mind . . . Now we have acceptance of our conditions...
...trial took place in the town hall of the 14th Arrondissement. Actors clad in costumes played spectators, witnesses, judges and, of course, the King. Only the lawyers for both sides wore modern clothes -- time travelers of sorts. The defense attorney was Jacques Verges, well known for another unpopular case: last year he was chief counsel for former SS Commander Klaus Barbie, "the Butcher of Lyons," who was convicted of crimes against humanity during the Nazi occupation. Verges' spirited argument last week, that Louis XVI was a victim of circumstances, fared better...
...country's debt crisis has also forced the government of outgoing president Miguel de la Madrid Hurtado to pursue a widely unpopular austerity program to revitalize the private sector. Social services such as health, education and nutrition have deteriorated or stagnated during the last few years, as a result...
...year-old Harvard-educated technocrat, who was responsible for implementing the unpopular austerity measures undertaken by the Madrid government during the last six years, has effectively argued that the country needs a smaller, less cumbersome bureaucracy, along with freer trade and increasing incentives for private industry. He has also called for further long-overdue reforms such as returning highly efficient state-run enterprises to private control and removing a wide range of consumer subsidies...
...advantage, it goes without saying, applies less to players for teams that are not as successful--or more importantly perhaps--do not pull in big contributions from wealthy alumni. Thus, one can be put in the position of a star women's volleyball player, or a player of any unpopular sport, who can't get the admissions office to give her special consideration. But the "prizes" don't often get away, if the coach has enough clout. The continued success of the ice hockey and soccer teams are not merely due to the amazingly coincidental joining of athletic talent...