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...main thing, he stresses, is for students to respect each other and their proctors and to avoid the mindset of being in Animal House...
...urgency of the slogans, Libyans are uniformly laid-back - something that took some getting used to for a native of crazy Cairo. I heard the words "Shwaya, shwaya" ("Slowly, slowly") at least 30 times on my first day, eventually convincing me that I had to be more patient to avoid offending them...
...prepared statement, he reported on the current state of the economy and presented his conclusions on how to deal with ever-increasing surplus projections. He affirmed that the federal debt could be paid off sooner than expected, raising the question of what to do with the remaining surplus. To avoid "sub-optimal performance by our capital markets," the government should "eschew private asset accumulation" which usually leads to "surplus-lowering policy initiatives"--in other words, if the government will be sitting on a pile of cash, it should increase spending or lower taxes. Keeping his tone as pragmatic as possible...
...That?s sure to cause grumbling among European politicians, as will the Republicans? hellbent determination to deploy a missile defense system. Domestic politics may push Blair to come out in favor of the project, but no one else in Europe is convinced. Last summer Clinton managed to avoid a spat over his national missile defense (NMD) program and punted the issue to his successor, arguing that missile-busting technology was still unproved. While Powell lately has signaled lukewarm support for missile defense, Bush?s Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld, is one of nmd?s biggest cheerleaders. Europe?s leaders fret...
...railing about abuse of power. And long-suffering Democrats trying in vain to defend their party leader. The ugly, all too familiar scene in Washington last week almost made you wonder if Bill Clinton had won that elusive third term. Even as he secured an 11th-hour deal to avoid prosecution in the Lewinsky mess, Clinton was adding a brand-new chapter to his book of scandal...