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...favor in Washington. "The Iraqis were hoping that sooner or later, if they did not provoke Washington, the U.S. and its Arab allies would realize they need a strong Iraq to counterbalance Iran," says a diplomat in Baghdad. The Iraqis were bitterly disappointed by the new U.S. policy of "dual containment" enunciated by Martin Indyk, senior director for Near East and South Asian affairs at the National Security Council. He smashed Iraqi hopes that the West and other Arabs would once again build Iraq up as a bulwark against Iran. Indyk argued that Iraq and Iran were equally inimical...
Michael spends nearly a third of his time on this side of the Atlantic as well, keeping abreast of the U.S. musical scene. He finds the dual citizenship stimulating. "What I want to do is bring to our musical coverage the European perspective that culture is a part of life, not just something one buys a ticket to." Living in Europe has made Walsh more appreciative of the high standards of music performance in his home country. This week's story reflects his opinion that American orchestras are the best in the world and his confidence that they can survive...
...major obstacle to controlling the spread of these weapons is that even medium-size countries can build them using domestic industries and imported "dual-use" equipment -- high-tech items that have civilian as well as military applications. Last year, says Kenneth Timmerman, a specialist in Middle Eastern security issues, Germany sold a total of $5 billion worth of goods to Iran. Japan sold Tehran nearly $3 billion worth and the U.S. shipped almost $1 billion. Much of the trade involved "dual use" items...
...dual career academic families present new problems. In electing to offer tenure to one spouse, Harvard has increasingly become aware that with the rarity of tenured positions at top universities in a given region, the future of the spouse's career must be taken into account...
EWSL Record. EITA Record. All records are in dual meets...