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...work out a halt. Christopher headed for Damascus on Saturday to talk with Hafez Assad, considered the linchpin to any solution: if he wants to, U.S. and Israeli officials believe, Assad can persuade Hizballah to stop shooting. But why should Assad play ball? His main objective is to regain possession of the Golan Heights, the portion of southwestern Syria that Israel captured in 1967. But exactly how he intends to get it back is unclear. "The Katyushas are a means of putting pressure on Israel," says a senior U.S. official, "with Damascus as the address...
...when it lowered the price of Wheaties, Cheerios and other cereals an average of 11%. It has gained market share. Says John McMillin, a food-industry analyst at Prudential Securities: "Post is making a bet that its competitors won't follow across the board and that it will regain some market share...
Brown (7-2, 1-2) moved down to fifth place in the league after the close match with Penn, but stands to regain momentum with games versus Harvard and Dartmouth this week...
...lose anybody," says West Virginia's Jay Rockefeller. "That's easier when you're in the minority, but for Democrats, it's never easy." Daschle's colleagues still question whether the quiet tenacity that has served him so well as an obstructionist will become a liability if the Democrats regain control of the Senate and are once again called upon to set the agenda, rather than thwart it. For now, though, even the Republicans acknowledge Daschle's effectiveness, at least in a backhanded way. "They made us jump a lot of hoops," says Dole. But then Dole knows better than...
...meeting last night the Cambridge Civic Association (CCA) outlined its plan to regain the majority of city council and school committee seats...