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GOP efforts to derail President Clinton's appointment of Bill Lann Lee as the nation's chief civil-rights enforcer ("Payback Time," by Jacob Weisberg) only demonstrate what bad sports Republicans have become in the last few years.
Israel is unlikely to welcome their return, but permanently settling them in Lebanon and Jordan could cost billions and derail the peace talks.
Helms says he will use his powers as chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to derail William Weld's nomination to become ambassador to Mexico because Weld supports the decriminalization of marijuana for medical use.
However, three factors--which could surface at any time--may derail his ambitions:
Israel and Syria called the impasse a "crisis" that threatened to derail the entire peace process.