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Unlike his memoirs it is not nearly as much his draft of history—it is hard to accuse him of partial and selective history-making in a book where he focuses almost exclusively on prescriptions for the future. Except for a section that discusses and dismisses the notion of universal jurisdiction, there is also little to connect the book to the argument offered by Christopher Hitchens, author of the new book The Trial of Henry Kissinger, that Kissinger is a “war criminal...
...Except for unpredictable legal cases and possibly a stray tenure case, Summers should be able to focus on getting ready for the fall, when official meetings of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences and Harvard’s other schools start up again, and the questions regarding Summers’ policies will begin to be answered...
...returning to Liberia and fighting a bloody "liberation" war, denies he backs the RUF and says he is under attack from America and Britain. The President's cries grew louder a few weeks ago when the United Nations banned all travel abroad by Liberian officials and Taylor's relatives, except for direct trips to the U.N. in New York...
...three commuters next to a subway station outside Washington. The buzz from the nearby highway and the bustle of the rushing crowds don't phase her. "You become peaceful and tranquil inside," says NuNez. Steven Reani does his exercises early morning near a deserted shopping mall in the capital, except on weekends when he, along with dozens of other practitioners, heads to the vast green lawn of the city's Mall...
...patients rights bill weren't getting much attention from the administration either. Republican Rep. Ernie Fletcher, a doctor, had been talking up his patients bill with White House aides for several months, but getting little more than mild interest. Fletcher's measure was nearly identical to Frist's, except that Fletcher eventually added a provision allowing patients to sue HMOs in state courts in a limited number of cases. Fletcher attached the state court provision as sweetener to draw off Republicans from the Norwood bill. The White House, however, wasn't eager to open the window even slightly to state...