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Although C-entry residents were stranded outside for more than half an hour, their mood was generally upbeat...
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...victory in this war will require steadfast hearts and steely stomachs. Patience remains America's most potent weapon in its fight against reckless foes unafraid of their own obliteration. In Kandahar last Thursday, on the eve of U.S. ground attacks there, the local mood brimmed with contempt for the Taliban and their terrorist guests and with anticipation that their hold may soon disintegrate. "Taliban and [Afghan] Arabs are fools," said Abdul Ghafoor, 45, a Kandahar resident. "Fools don't think when they burn themselves." If so, they had better watch out, because the fire has started...
...mood in U.S.-Russian relations--evidenced not just by cooperation in the war against al-Qaeda and the Taliban but also by Moscow's sudden willingness to discuss the possibility of NATO expansion--marks a genuine change in international relations since Sept. 11. But if he's wise, Bush will ration his smiles. The coalition against terrorism is a fragile thing; so far, it does not look as if it has the stuff to reshape the world...
Some Latin American countries are trying to use the new mood in Washington to get trade openings they have sought for years. They want tariff reductions on products ranging from T shirts to footwear, leather goods to sugar. Colombia is struggling to move through Congress an expanded Andean Trade Preferences Act that would establish a graduated duty system, starting with no tariff, for textiles and apparel. "An important number of U.S. buyers shy away from Colombia because of the internal conflict," says Ronald Bakalarz, president of Stanton & Co., a Bogota-based footwear company. "But the more employment we create...