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...know-you session in Washington Wednesday, after the U.S. brought them together despite Israel's refusal of Syria's precondition that it publicly commit to withdrawing from the Golan Heights. "Syria's President Hafez Assad obviously got what he needed to hear to restart talks," says TIME Jerusalem bureau chief Lisa Beyer. "The essence of Barak's message to him before the talks would have been that Israel would withdraw from all of the Golan in exchange for security guarantees, although the two sides may differ on what 'all of the Golan' actually means...
While Israel military doctrine has conventionally held that it would be a mistake to surrender the strategic plateau, the shifting forms of modern warfare make it a conceivable step in exchange for enforceable guarantees. "Remember, Ehud Barak is a former chief of the army, and he's still Israel's minister of defense and its most decorated soldier," says Beyer. "Security remains his first priority, and if he deems it permissible to cede the Golan, that carries tremendous weight...
While its role as a translation service of medicine to the public through the media is a significant one, according to Gibbons it is only a small part of HMS office's work. The office's chief role, according to him, is to produce internal communication for the school...
...best work in the field is done by professors affiliated with Harvard," said Bates, who is associate professor of medicine and chief of the Division of General Medicine at Brigham and Women...
...stands now, students do not respect the council, and it's unlikely any amount of frozen yogurt will change that. We need people to perform both of the council's chief duties--representing us and working to improve student services. But the two should not be consolidated into a single body when it only results in confusion and apathy...