Word: powers
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...leave the Jewish state dangerously exposed; now he has to consider whether to allow or encourage further attacks on Israel or to keep the peace. While it doesn?t directly control Hezbollah, Syria tolerates and at times encourages the guerrillas' actions against Israel, and also acknowledges it has the power to stop them. While Assad will be tempted to allow a period of instability along the border to underscore Syria?s indispensability to Israel's security, the danger is that Israeli retaliation against Syrian targets could force both countries into a war neither wants. And the reason Assad had sued...
...pressing for Israel to withdraw from all Lebanese territories (including some that Israel regards as part of Syria), Hezbollah is nominally committed to pursue and support a wider 'jihad' against Israel. But its role in liberating south Lebanon has also positioned it to claim an important share of political power in Beirut...
...both sides at the negotiating table. Indeed, it was his decision to delay the vote, originally scheduled for last Saturday, so that he could spend this past week lobbying his party's leaders. In the interests of peace, it would be best for Ulster Unionists to vote for a power-sharing government. The arms inspections signify a turning point in the I.R.A's attitude toward peace, but it is unlikely such an attitude will last long without significant political reforms. And since the situation has been precarious for such a long period, it would behoove the Unionists to accept...
David Trimble, leader of the Ulster Unionists and Nobel Peace Prize winner, has been vigorously urging his party's ruling council to vote in favor of returning to governmental power-sharing with Sinn Fein, the political wing of the Irish Republican Army (I.R.A.). Such a vote would be a notable landmark in what has been a long and arduous peace process...
Meanwhile, though, we have to look to Washington for assurances, and that's a little fuzzy. According to TIME financial correspondent Bernard Baumohl, although there are certain immutable red flags that signal monopoly power, the Justice Department and FCC each have their own way of doing things, which can be trying for companies who need the go-ahead from both agencies to continue a merger or acquisition. "While the DOJ maintains long-standing, black-and-white parameters to seek out monopolies, the FCC tends to undertake a far more subjective and changeable analysis," says Baumohl. AT&T, take note: While...