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...vital minimum," but they had advanced far beyond the paper armies of two years ago. "Certo it is," said one Italian laborer last week, between talk of a football lottery and the price of bread, "that war is no nearer this year than it was last, and maybe-I say it with the smallest of maybes-it is farther away." In many ways, 1952 might be called the Year of the Generals. The entrenched ones, like Stalin and Franco and Mao and Tito, held their familiar sway. Others came to power; in coups d'etat (Egypt's Naguib...
...words of another senior Cabinet member, who recently remarked: "Younger ministers than I will soon learn that this is no woman to be trifled with." The British monarch's sole governmental duty is only "to advise, to encourage and to warn," but that can nevertheless be a vital and important duty. At this stage, Elizabeth for the most part spends her time attempting to learn what she can from her wise first minister, and asking, "How will this affect the average housewife?" In some cases, Elizabeth is empowered to enforce her warning. No minister, for instance, may leave...
...burn for months, rising and falling in intensity with the undulations of the U.S. death rate. But when George W. Bush and John Kerry square off this week in Coral Gables, Fla., in the first of three presidential debates, Iraq will be the main--and surely most vital--subject. Both candidates spent the days leading up to the face-off sharpening their differences over the state of the occupation. At a speech in New York City, Kerry trashed Bush's upbeat assessment of conditions in Iraq and the next day accused the Commander in Chief of living in a "world...
...English and journalism classes, we talk about Shakespeare and persuasive essays, but we also discuss college basketball, the war in Iraq and career choices. Students show me pictures of the prom, their rebuilt cars, their family vacations, and their newborn baby brothers. This personal connection is the vital link between teacher and student that no amount of technology can improve upon or replace...
...first, and most optimistic, possibility is that under tremendous international pressure, Hamas will soften its platform and renounce terrorism in order to maintain the vital flow of almost a billion dollars in annual foreign aid. It may seem a stretch to assume that an organization committed to the annihilation of Israel and with a long history of brutally murdering innocent civilians is capable of such fundamental change. However, to draw an incomplete parallel, at the start of Ariel Sharon’s term as Prime Minister of Israel, no one would have ever predicted that he would advocate an Israeli...