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...four men to reach a settlement. Mandela is 75, De Klerk 57, Rabin 71 and Arafat 64. ''They were aware they did not have much time left,'' says William Quandt, who was at the National Security Council during the 1978 Camp David negotiations. ''And if they waited, history would write about them as people who had missed a chance to end their careers with a capstone achievement.'' Beyond that, they were impelled, or at least strongly encouraged, by new historical realities. The cold war left Arafat without a Soviet patron; backing the wrong side in the Gulf War cost...
...decor of the White House closed with the comment that in the President's private family quarters a ''less inviting, don't-touch tidiness'' might soon be ''remedied by time, wear and Socks'' ((THE WHITE HOUSE, Dec. 6)). This prompted Nancy J.D. Harding of McLean, Virginia, to write us about a truly malicious presidential feline: ''One cat before Socks has already distinguished himself in the wreckage department -- Calvin Coolidge's.'' The pet, appropriately named Tiger, wore out his welcome very quickly. ''Evidently Tiger was a real 'Conan the Destroyer' beastie,'' reports Harding. ''His destructive ways cost the Coolidges a valuable...
...human-interest coverage of men and women in service or on the home front, rather than military policy or diplomacy—which undermines the integrity of the press as an institution. “When a nation has troops in the field, it is just so hard to write about them in other ways than this,” he said, referring to yellow-ribbon journalism. Despite disagreement over why the press has not fully covered Iraq, many participants touted an overhaul of the journalism field. “There is this big institutional failure,” said...
...world, and I wanted to buy a guitar,” says Fitzgerald. She began singing at smaller events, which turned into birthday parties and graduations. After going through a garage band phase (with a number titled “Your Mom”), she began to write her own songs. Now she describes her music as on a “gradient between rock and folk.” Fitzgerald spent the next few years recording demos, and eventually signed with Jive Records, the label home to such icons as Britney Spears, *NSYNC and R. Kelly...
...never put it past R to achieve the impossible, the real lesson was that the haters will always hate. As sexual scandal petered out, new rumors and public shaming rose to the surface. In 2004, Kelly had the humility to admit that he is too talented to read and write: “For the record, R Kelly is not the best at reading and writing. I don’t have no shame in saying that.” Pundits declared the admissions an “outrage.” But I think his alleged ignorance wasn?...