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...much better chance of beating the old warhorse Sharon. The short election cycle also makes it less likely that the rebellious left of Barak's Labor Party will oust him in favor of one of his critics, such as Knesset speaker Avraham Burg. "It's the only way for Barak to survive, because he knocks Netanyahu out," says Reuven Chazan, a Hebrew University political scientist. "But in the long term, he gains nothing...
Neither was being a writer, an ambition he'd harbored since second grade. Working three jobs, he eventually made his way to Connecticut State University, then left for New York City. After getting a master's degree from N.Y.U., he read fiction submissions for Redbook for 50[cents] apiece. He moved on to Cosmopolitan, where in two years he became books editor...
...Rumblings among the electorate But while Bush will take home the prize, not everyone is happy about the way he won it. Newspaper editorial boards, pundits and politicians alike are wringing their hands over the confusion this election has wrought - and some go so far as to call for an end to the electoral college system altogether. The process, some argue, is outdated and counterintuitive...
...Palestinians were not alone in expressing caution over weekend. Vice President-elect Dick Cheney told ABC News that "there are concerns that the way the Clinton administration operated, at least in the past year or so, in the Middle East [has] made it more difficult to reach a settlement," and suggested that his administration would try to avoid the mistake of pushing for a final agreement on Jerusalem. Cheney's comments underline the expectation that the new Bush administration will eschew President Clinton's activist, micromanaging style to Mideast peace, and may adopt a less optimistic approach. The stated intention...
...troops came under fire for the first time in Kosovo today, after blowing up a supply route used by Albanian separatist guerrillas who've been mounting provocative attacks across the border inside Serbia. Are the changes under way in Washington and the coming elections for the Yugoslav parliament prompting the region's Albanian nationalists to ratchet up their campaign for independence for Kosovo...