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...unexpected source: Bob Dole. Citing alterations in the treaty language, Dole said "there are now adequate safeguards to protect American interests." Dole's support could provide crucial political cover to Trent Lott and other wavering Senate Republicans, TIME's Jef McAllister notes. "Dole has always been closer to the internationalist wing than to the isolationists that Helms has marshaled against the treaty." While White House officials hoped that Dole's endorsement would give them the needed votes, spokesman Mike McCurry said the Administration can't yet count on the necessary two-thirds majority...
Born in Spain and raised in Mexico, Domingo is conservative and internationalist in his outlook, and his agenda for the Washington Opera reflects his more conventional programming taste. In addition to the standard Italian and French fare the company has traditionally presented, he plans a foray into the German repertoire with new productions of Richard Strauss's operas as well as Wagner's Ring cycle, the calling card of major opera companies worldwide. "We chose him because he is a consummate musician," says Patricia L. Mossel, the company's executive director. "He knows voices. He is a very fine pianist...
...issue for the communists' new coalition. It is central to Zyuganov's strategy of pulling in non-Marxist nationalists and anti-Western and pan-Slavic ideologues. This is not something completely new for communists. Even in the heyday of Soviet power, there were two tendencies in the leadership. The internationalist wing of the party put Marxist revolutionary goals above Soviet national interests. The opposing "statist" group--followers and admirers of Stalin--put Russia first. So do they...
...McWhirter adds. "Whatever the outcome, you can be sure that pro-federalists in the province of Quebec and in Montreal cast their votes to the very last man. But the results in Montreal may not reflect the sentiments of the rest of Quebec. This is a very highly educated internationalist enclave, even as it doubles as the capital. It will be interesting if you have a brand new country called Quebec that does not have the support of its business community or its cultural capital...
...becoming clear just how hollow that rhetoric was. Clinton the Brave Internationalist, if in fact he ever existed, has yielded to Clinton the Meek. Instead of taking a decisive turn toward creating a more just and fair international system, the Clinton administration has retreated into a corner, scarred by its rough treatment at the hands of Somali warlords, Serb soldiers and Haitian dockside gangs...