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Given the array of biological and chemical weapons terrorists might conceivably wield against us, it's no surprise that Americans have been stocking up on emergency equipment and medicine they would never have thought about a month ago. Although federal officials do not advise civilians to make such purchases, Army-Navy stores are selling out their stock of gas masks; doctors are besieged with requests for antibiotics; and people are scouring the Web for places to buy water filters and protective garb. What follows is an abbreviated guide to what's available, how well it works and what some...
...Arafat and Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres. And although Europe's leaders are often more sympathetic to criticisms of Israel than their American counterparts - last week European representatives remained at the U.N. conference on racism after U.S. and Israeli delegates walked out - Jewish activists say they have begun to wield more influence. "The French leadership now sees us as its natural partner and turns to us to represent the interest of French Jews," says Haim Musicant, director of crif, an umbrella organization of secular French Jewish groups...
These shortsighted decisions are symptomatic of the administration’s neglect of diplomatic solutions in favor of unilateral ones. Officials responsible for primarily military affairs —Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld and National Security Adviser Condoleeza Rice—wield undue influence over foreign policy negotiations that should rightly be conducted by the Department of State. Rice and Rumsfeld are also, coincidentally, the two most active supporters of a missile defense in the administration, while Powell, who holds a much more moderate view on missile defense, has faded to the background. When negotiations began with Russia...
...Meanwhile, Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle continues to wield serious threats, promising his colleagues they will not be excused for the July 4th holiday unless they produce a bill...
This session of the council has performed admirably thus far in addressing issues of student concern, and the new "uc-announce" service has been a useful index of council accomplishments. But if the council wants to be taken seriously-and to wield the influence on campus that it deserves-it must adopt measures of accountability that are appropriate to a serious representative body...