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...them is deeply flawed. In the Hague this week, former Yugoslav President Milosevic is scheduled to take the floor in his own defense. He faces charges of crimes against humanity and war crimes, as well as conducting a campaign of genocide against Bosnian Muslims - yet an uninformed visitor to the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia would be excused for thinking that Bill Clinton and Tony Blair were the ones on trial. The pugnacious Milosevic claims he was defending his country against illegal interventions by the U.S. and NATO. He has sought delay at every turn. With high blood...
...play the violin, and as far as we know, he never once questioned the idea of a religious establishment or the owning of slaves. Jefferson aimed to be very different from his father. No founder worked harder at being civilized. Even by 1782, as an admiring French visitor observed, Jefferson, "without having quitted his own country," had become "an American who...is a musician, draftsman, astronomer, natural philosopher, jurist and a statesman...
...become the capital's most fashionable-and exclusive-events venue. The top two floors house a glass-domed private restaurant that can be hired for functions. Guided tours can be arranged, too, but at a cost of $460 for eight people, these are unlikely to be on the average visitor's agenda...
Remaining close to Cambridge in the 50 years since his graduation, Updike has been a frequent visitor to Harvard. He received the University’s Arts First medal...
...from Saddam and that it was then presented to the President privately by some of the troops who played a key role in ferreting out the old tyrant. Though it was widely reported at the time that the pistol was loaded when they grabbed Saddam, Bush has told visitors that the gun was empty--and that it is still empty and safe to touch. "He really liked showing it off," says a recent visitor to the White House who has seen the gun. "He was really proud...