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...cities was never more painfully obvious than during the Nov. 26, 2008, attacks. The civil administration in Mumbai was utterly unable to manage the crisis and all but abdicated that responsibility to the Army. The central government eventually ended the siege of Mumbai, but its failures - to heed early warnings or secure the city's borders - were just as galling. So perhaps it was with a villager's stubborn pride that I thought Mumbai, a high-octane, rough-and-tumble metropolis, would become a kinder, gentler and altogether better place to live and work in the wake of 11/26...
...Neglect. Our inward-looking culture didn't heed the warning signs from around the world - and from within our own country - that Islamic terrorism was heading for our shores...
...blanking of No. 8 Williams on Sunday. Freshman Laura Gemmell, after not playing against Brown, returned to her No. 1 spot, where she challenged Ephs’ senior Toby Eyre. Eyre was ranked third in the nation in the individual preseason polls entering this match, but Gemmell took no heed of her opponent’s qualifications, downing Eyre in three straight games...
...least, the Israelis and Abbas' forces share a common goal: getting rid of Hamas' cells in the West Bank. But that could change swiftly, as the Israelis are well aware. Abbas' talk of stepping down may just be a way of bluffing the Israelis and the White House to heed Palestinian demands. (Palestinian elections that Abbas had called for January are likely to be postponed after the Palestinian Authority leader was told by his electoral commission that Hamas would prevent voting in Gaza and the Israelis would likely do the same in East Jerusalem, meaning that Abbas' decision...
...heed Jane Austen's warning that "nothing is more deceitful than the appearance of humility. It is often only carelessness of opinion, and sometimes an indirect boast." If Obama appears proud of how humble and open-minded he is, if he demonizes opponents instead of debating them, if his actual choices are quietly ideological while his rhetoric flamboyantly inclusive, he will be missing a great opportunity - and have much to be modest about...