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The NYT says the crux of the Kosovo accord is a force of 2,000 on-the-ground international observers and NATO reconnaissance flights designed to monitor Milosevic's withdrawals of police and troops.
This really is the crux of the "necessary" argument: better to have fought and withdrawn than never to have fought at all.
Summary is the crux of civilization.
The crux of the Israeli situation is that the Foreign Minister, David Levy, resigned on Sunday because of dissatisfaction with Netanyahu's performance on both the social welfare and Palestinian fronts.
' This in fact is the crux of the problem.