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Beyond that, the Bush Administration's with-us-or-against-us policy has cut off avenues of diplomacy that would be useful to pursue in this crisis. In the last major outbreak of Israel-Hizballah fighting in 1996, U.S. Secretary of State Warren Christopher conducted shuttle diplomacy, traveling to, among other places, Syria, which along with Iran sponsors Hizballah. Having persuaded the Syrians to rein in Hizballah, Christopher achieved a cease-fire. Today the U.S. doesn't conduct high-level talks with Damascus principally because of Syria's ties to various terrorist groups...
...This is what happens when possessions take the place of emotions." --WARREN ADLER, author of The War of the Roses--about a rich couple's deadly divorce--on the doctor who allegedly leveled his New York City home last week to keep his soon-to-be ex-wife from getting the house...
...FLDS sect follows the original fundamental teachings of Joseph Smith, the founder of Mormonism, who advocated the practice of polygamy. But unlike other polygamy groups, FLDS members unquestionably follow the directives of a single leader or "prophet." Currently, that position is being held by Warren Jeffs, a fugitive wanted on the same charges as Fischer in Arizona and as a rape-as-an-accomplice charge in Utah. The estimated 6,000 to 11,000 FLDS members in the U.S. follow Jeff's "revelations," which dictate who should marry whom and when. A series of these "revelations" two years ago resulted...
...Budding Entrepreneur Microsoft chairman Bill Gates announced last month that he was giving up his day-to-day duties at the company to devote more time to charitable giving-and with Warren Buffett's blockbuster $30 billion pledge to the Gates Foundation, he will be busy. TIME's April 16, 1984, cover story profiled the future philanthropist...
...spot is Louis Gallois, head of France's railways, who will partner with EADS's remaining CEO, Tom Enders, a German. At Airbus, naming Christian Streiff CEO should placate two of EADS's largest shareholders, the French government and Germany's DaimlerChrysler. Streiff, from Lorraine, speaks German. But as Warren Bennis, leadership guru at U.S.C., says, "Chemistry is less important here than deciding their collective definition of success." Perhaps they can start with getting the A380 off the ground. --By Kathleen Kingsbury...