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...parties are the modus operandi for social cohesion. “It’s sad we get together so often to do administrative things, but not enough to enjoy our company intellectually,” says history department chair David Blackbourn. And sometimes disagreements among faculty concerning the basic principles that govern the discipline can hinder collaborative efforts...
...seems like such a basic thing. Most people eat three meals a day. It’s a fairly regular activity. But actually preparing something for myself that involved heating an oven or transforming raw meat from salmonella-laden threat into gustatory delight seemed totally beyond my scope...
...arms checked in by fighters. They detailed the type of weapon (from Kalashnikov rifle to Soviet-era T-62 tank), its country of origin and serial number, and the organization to which it belonged, usually a Pakistani group, the Taliban or "specially for al-Qaeda." Other printed forms listed basic data about individual fighters, including name, nationality, health condition, training background and official role. One Palestinian fighter, listed as Abu Majid, 24, was noted to have extensive combat experience "against the Jews," that is, the Israelis, in south Lebanon. He had joined a unit of al-Qaeda in August...
...tribunals’ defenders, some administration officials among them, have argued that members of the al Qaeda terrorist network have been responsible for acts so horrific and so affronting to basic human values that they no longer deserve a jury trial. Yet the purpose of a trial is to determine the facts, through the presentation to a jury of convincing evidence that has been tested through the adversarial system. Once an individual’s guilt has been established, the sentence may follow—but the punishment for accused terrorists, like that for suspected mass murderers and alleged serial...
...basic argument made by the new Israeli “left-right” has been the same since the beginning of the recent intifada: Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak and former President Bill Clinton made Palestinian Authority (PA) Chair Yassir Arafat the most generous offer possible, but Arafat nevertheless turned it down. They offered him control over most of Arab East Jerusalem and over 90 percent of the West Bank and Gaza. But Arafat was not willing to settle for all of this. Instead, just when the two sides were on the verge of a historic compromise...