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...Imagining a New NATO In Light of the Global Threat of Terrorism, Walter Isaacson asked, "What would George Marshall and Dean Acheson be doing now?" [Feb. 5]. Isaacson suggested that they might be forging a Mideast Antiterrorism Organization (MATO) whose members would include Israel and Iraq. I doubt it. I rather suspect that Marshall and Acheson would be saying they told us so. Both men were vehemently opposed to the creation of a Jewish state in Palestine because they recognized that it was immoral and that it would open up a can of worms that would haunt the region...
...warning was tested to ensure it's universally understood. Starting in 2001, researchers showed a series of motifs to 1,650 adults and children, many of them illiterate, in 11 different countries. The red background conveys danger; a skull and crossbones and a trefoil emanating rays warns of a threat to life; a running man tells observers to keep away. "We can't teach the world about radiation," says Carolyn MacKenzie, a radiation specialist who helped develop the new symbol. "But, for the price of a sticker, we can help save lives...
...America is going to lose its economic hegemony if we don't do something along the lines of what I'm doing, where you make managements accountable. Our companies are really not competitive with Asia, and this is the great new threat...
...says she will meet face to face with her North Korean counterpart for the first time during Bush's presidency. Those meetings could set the stage for historic discussions about normalizing relations between two implacable enemies. The Administration's rhetoric about seeking a sweeping solution to the North Korean threat--such as regime change in Pyongyang--has faded. Instead, the U.S. seems willing to pursue a more modest strategy: bargaining away North Korea's nuclear program, one deal at a time...
...well. Many donors and bundlers (who collect cash from supporters and give it to campaigns in a lump sum) have traditionally hedged their bets by raising money for multiple candidates, particularly this early in a race. But this month Clinton's campaign chairman, Terry McAuliffe, put out a veiled threat to those who might stray, telling a reporter that donors who support more than one candidate "come off as not really being a supporter of anyone." Now the Clinton camp is trying to distance itself from that remark. "That's just Terry being Terry," says a figure associated with...