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...Abbas's statements reiterating such Palestinian basic positions as a right of return for refugees, or the 1967 borders - including the partition of Jerusalem - as the basis for a two-state solution were not simply electioneering, even if that may be true of some of his rhetorical flourishes about "the Zionist enemy" and lionizing fighters whose efforts he has repeatedly disparaged. Abbas, remember, was Arafat's chief negotiator, and although he may be open to creative interpretations of these basic positions (such as the Clinton plan for splitting sovereignty over Jerusalem or the idea that for the majority of refugees...
...their agreed-on commitments and thus make them unable to join the Guard. But there is another factor in the case of young people right out of high school: parents often steer their kids away from the military. "Mom and Dad understand they're going to go right into basic training," Jones says, "and then be eligible to deploy right away." Even if parents don't object, he says, "it's human nature to flee from risk. It takes a special type of person to join during this time...
Perhaps an even bigger challenge to the organization is the task of coming up with a clear and inclusive agenda. During the civil rights era, poor and middle-class blacks were united in their need for basic access to schools, housing and jobs. Now a growing black middle class has moved out of the inner cities and become increasingly detached from the needs of poor blacks. Some 27% of black households earned more than $50,000 a year in 2001, vs. just 12% in 1971, according to U.S. Census data, adjusted for inflation. Despite those gains, about 20% of blacks...
...Bridging the Gap I fully agree with your article about the existence of two Indias: the haves and the have-nots [Dec. 6]. Any development is meaningless if we are unable to provide basic facilities to all Indians. The middle class has an important role to play in this. If all those in the middle and upper classes donated just 5% of their income to charity, it would make a big difference. Much of the investment that has come into India in recent years has been confined to certain regions and selected industries. The government should increase investment...
...There's something eternal in the basic narrative,' says John Neumeier, artistic director of the Hamburg Ballet ... 'A woman who's very pure and trusting and in the end very strong, and a man who's made a great mistake' ... It's a simple enough story: Giselle, a frail young peasant girl, [goes mad and] dies after she finds out that her lover Albrecht?who is from a much higher rung on the social ladder?has deceived her ... Prima ballerinas want to dance Giselle. It's a part that can make or break careers ... 'It's considered the same...