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...ownership, Vietnam last week launched a holiday cruise to the barren archipelago, and Taiwan in late March marked its territory by erecting a bird-watching shack on one of the islands. At least there's a sensible money-grubbing reason for some of this squabbling: the Spratlys sit athwart vital shipping lanes, fishing grounds and potentially vast oil and natural-gas fields...
That experience proved vital, as the two secured a quick 7-3 tiebreak win on a Brown double-fault...
...could pacify Iraq on its own has been replaced with a new deference to the U.N., hopeful talk about a fresh Security Council resolution that would ratify the U.N.'s political role in Iraq and frank acknowledgment that removing the American face from the year-old occupation is vital to defusing the insurgency and steering Iraq toward self-rule. The instant embrace of the Brahimi plan was an indication of how little time the U.S. and its allies have to lose if they hope to get help sorting out the mess. "This is a historic struggle," Blair said...
...Washington 's closest ally on the Continent, an Iraqi mediator declared his remarks "inopportune" but said he understood the men were still alive. About 50 foreigners have been kidnapped in Iraq in the past month, as insurgents try to scare away contractors, aid workers and other civilians vital to reconstruction. There's no fixed pattern in how the captives are treated. A Swiss couple was released unharmed last week, but a Danish abductee was confirmed dead. Five unharmed Japanese hostages found their roughest ride...
Some sort of recognition of public services by educational institutions lies at the basis of the raison dietre of all higher education. It is not until a university can in some such way establish a vital relationship with the community in which it exists that it will thrive. And the value of an academic degree is very little lessened by its award to a man whose achievements are not to be listed in the academic category. But as soon as such non-academic achievements are accepted on the standard of popular favor, the game becomes not diverting but ridiculous...