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...slogan US HERE, THEM THERE. But it was supposed to be the result of peace talks. U.S. diplomats fear that separation--even if it comes in response to a unilateral move by Arafat--will lead only to more violence as Palestinians feel the shock of isolation. "For the peace process, unilateral separation is truly disastrous," says a U.S. diplomat. "What flows from it is inevitable conflict." The appeal of separation for Israelis is that they could pull their soldiers back to more defensible positions in the West Bank, avoiding the friction points on the edges of Palestinian towns where their...
...State Department spokesman said Albright had known beforehand that the performance would celebrate the party's anniversary but could not refuse Kim's invitation. "We want to continue the process of improving relations," he said, adding that Albright delivered a letter from President Clinton detailing what would be necessary for relations to keep thawing. Critics fear that the U.S. is cozying up to Kim too quickly without getting enough in return. And the Administration hardly mentions the old evil image of Kim it used as recently as this spring to justify the creation of an antiballistic-missile system. Albright says...
...into the act after it discovered that Chinese red yeast fermented on rice contains small amounts of the same active ingredient found in lovastatin (Mevacor). The FDA tried to ban the supplement's sale in the U.S., but the action has become the subject of a lengthy court process. The controversy hasn't stopped Merck, which manufactures Mevacor and Zocor, and Bristol-Myers Squibb, which produces Pravachol, from arguing that they should be allowed to sell their pharmaceutical-grade products at similarly low doses to the general public...
...teach in public schools. The program makes use of people like Arthur Moore, who retired in 1994 after 21 years in the Army and knew he wanted to teach. "There are a lot of people who would make excellent teachers but are discouraged by the bureaucracy of the certification process," says Moore, 45, who began teaching fourth grade in Baltimore and now tests students for special education. "Troops to Teachers is an excellent way to tap their potential by lowering the barriers." Bush would also expand loan forgiveness for math and science majors who teach in needy schools...
...other. But judging from the proposals being floated by the Palestinian Authority right now, the talks both men will hold with President Clinton in Washington later this weeks are more likely to be exploratory "talks about talks" than any kind of speedy resumption of the Oslo Accord-based peace process that the President had hoped to wrap up at Camp David in August...