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After stalling for several years, Russia has fired a diplomatic volley back at the United States last month by ratifying both the START II strategic nuclear arms reduction treaty and the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty in quick succession. Before we can all breathe a collective sigh of relief that these treaty approvals will soon bring about a sharp reduction in nuclear dangers, we need to assess the hurdles that remain. Many of these obstacles--especially a penchant for missile defense--are of the United States' own making...
...event, cosponsored by CNN and TIME magazine (which, like TIME Daily, are owned by Time Warner), saw the candidates discuss a wide range of issues of concern to African Americans, from racial profiling by police to investment in inner-city schools. But it was as notable for its prolonged volley of character attacks as for any light it shed on the concerns of blacks. Judging from crowd reaction, the winning blows were scored by Gore when he claimed that racial profiling was invented in New Jersey, the state Bradley represented in the Senate for 18 years, and when Bradley appeared...
...Serb side of town Sunday broke down into chaos as Serbs accused the U.S. forces carrying out the raid of heavy-handedness, while the French contingent that commands the divided town apparently failed to maintain order - with the result that the Americans were eventually ordered to leave amid a volley of bricks and bottles hurled by protesters, leaving NATO looking decidedly ineffectual. U.S. troops returned to the Serb enclave Monday, while other NATO troops searched for weapons on the Albanian side...
While the McCain team was living in fear of an over-the-weekend volley of Bush attack ads--the kind that past G.O.P. front runners have often used to seal victory--Bush's aides swore they had no intention of trying any rash moves that might carry the state but poison Bush's image over the long haul. After Steve Forbes' 30% showing in Iowa, some raised the possibility of Bush's being pinched between Forbes on the right and McCain in the middle. Forbes' bankroll is always a factor, but Bush isn't worried about it--few people think...
...Meredith Stewart kicked the corner, and basically it was just a volley that came out of the air and I chested it down," Ripmaster said. "I didn't want to let it hit the ground or else it would bounce up in some weird angle, so I just got my body over it and hit it out of the air and into the goal...