| 1 | I was also glad to see President Reagan go out of office on a positive note. | |
| 2 | Robert Gates has one last, crucial mission before he leaves office, and it's not in Afghanistan or Iraq. | |
| 3 | When Acheson left office in 1953, he could not know the fate of the policies he helped to create. | |
| 4 | Nearly a year after I left office, Arafat said he was ready to negotiate on the basis of the parameters I had presented. | |
| 5 | Yet as the Bank of Italy's outgoing governor he has taken on its aura of competence and independence. |