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Unwilling to risk the domestic political fallout from putting the squeeze on Israel, the White House has washed its hands of the failed Mideast peace process. With the erstwhile guarantor of the Oslo process now telling Israelis and Palestinians to resolve their own problems, the big winner may be the Islamic militants of Hamas. "Arafat's strategy relied on the Americans' pressuring Israel to make concessions," says TIME West Bank correspondent Jamil Hamad. "Their failure to do this leaves Arafat's ability to lead the Palestinians badly weakened...
...here's the strangest part about the G.O.P.'s willingness to focus on teachers: Democrats are joining in. In California's Democratic gubernatorial primary, the candidates bickered over whose plan got toughest on middling teachers. The winner, Gray Davis, supports evaluations of public school teachers by their peers and the testing of teachers in their subject every five years. Although the California Federation of Teachers has endorsed Davis in the general election against Republican Dan Lungren, it was a reluctant endorsement; and Davis has accepted it reluctantly. "Teacher testing and evaluation are not things that warm the hearts of people...
Brown (seemingly not annoyed by the fog of Weinstein's cigar and cigarette smoke): "As soon as the three of us sat around a table, this thing became real real real. I think we all felt we were on to a winner...
With a take of $34.8 million this weekend, "Armageddon" fell far short of the $51.1 million that "Men in Black" grossed last year on the Fourth of July. Add to this the fact that "Godzilla" earned $35 million less than last year's Memorial Day winner, "The Lost World," and you might think the major studios are ready to plead poverty. But in fact, box office receipts are up 9 percent from last summer. Though the much-hyped blockbusters aren't quite blockbusting, other surprise successes such as "Mulan" and "Dr. Dolittle" have been attracting audiences quietly and reliably...
Beginning in 1999, Harvard's Nieman Foundation will co-administer a series of prizes and programs with the Columbia School of Journalism to honor J. Anthony Lukas '55, a two time Pulitzer prize winner who died last year...