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...stable -- goals that were also Bush's watchwords -- if the U.S. stands up more robustly for democracy and human rights. Berger respects Jimmy Carter's ideals and is attracted to service in government as a means of doing good, but he measures good in terms of practical results. "Carter launched too many initiatives and kind of overloaded the circuits," Berger reflects. In serving his old friend from Arkansas, he is determined to ensure that the new President does not launch any foreign initiative he cannot land...
...areas where the Russians are tops is rocketry. Now they've teamed up with Lockheed to market their skills. A joint venture between the aerospace firm and Russia's Khrunichev Enterprise will sell launch services to the West. About 60% of U.S. commercial launches are now handled by Europe's Arianespace consortium...
...drew a clear distinction between the way the IDF structures itself as an organization and what that organization actually does." The Crimson does itself a disservice by granting Rabie's letter any legitimacy, particularly when Rabie is so eager to find ways to defame Israel that she needs to launch her attack from a rather meaningless editorial. Joshua Lehrer-Graiwer '95, Chair, Harvard-Israel Public Affairs Committee
YEGOR GAIDAR NEVER EXPECTED TO LAST LONG IN power. Appointed to Boris . Yeltsin's government a year ago, the 36-year-old architect of Russia's economic reforms foresaw a "kamikaze" mission: launch Russia's transition to a market economy and then withdraw, battered and no doubt vilified for making his nation suffer. His prediction proved accurate last week, when he was ousted as acting Prime Minister. In his place rose fears that Russia had begun a slow retreat from democratic reform...
SENIOR RUSSIAN MILITARY OFFICERS SAY UKRAINE IS GOING all out to break the launch codes for the 1,650 nuclear warheads in its possession, especially for its 500 air-launched cruise missiles and nuclear gravity bombs. The Russians calculate that it will take the Ukrainians six months to a year to decipher the complex electronic codes. There no longer seems to be much doubt that Ukraine has decided to become a nuclear power. It has refused to go along with the START treaty and no longer allows Russian engineers to perform routine maintenance on the 130 SS-19 (six-warhead...