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...when American casualties of any number are viewed as bad public relations more than anything else, Halberstam forcefully highlights the foreign policy quandary the Clinton administration faced. Former President Clinton’s predecessor, President George H.W. Bush, helped broker the end of the Cold War and a ridiculously easy victory in the Gulf War over Iraq, only to be voted out of office the next year. Then Clinton, whose strength and instincts lay in domestic politics, was forced time and again to make tough decisions about committing America’s troops to fight in hard-to-understand conflicts...
...role Stone plays personally in these relations is an open question. His predecessor, Grogan, was seen to be very involved in relations with Boston and Allston, but less so in Cambridge...
...buckling under pressure of the renewed fighting, and even if it holds it becomes quickly untenable unless it leads to renewed political negotiations - hence the U.S. statement on Palestinian statehood. But having opposed Oslo from the outset and having voided the deal offered to Arafat by his predecessor, Sharon appears to have very little to bring to the political negotiating table. And after a year in which the intifada has demanded heavy sacrifices of Palestinians, Arafat would struggle to settle for any less than he was offered by Barak after Camp David...
...they can't take us for granted." Such pragmatism will help Hoffa's re-election bid this fall. The Teamsters are more diverse than other unions, and G.O.P. ties will appeal to members who backed Nixon, Reagan and the President's father. Tacking Republican also distances Hoffa from his predecessor, now on trial for perjury connected to an alleged scheme to use money tied to the Democratic Party...
...intent. The inaugural events of former University President James B. Conant ‘14 and the university’s tercentennial were for all intents and purposes one and the same. Derek C. Bok’s installation was a modest affair. His successor and Summers’ predecessor, Neil L. Rudenstine, had one of the first grand inaugural galas in memory as he embarked on the first University-wide Capital Campaign...