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...ANTITOXINS do not yet exist against anthrax, but scientists are working on compounds that would soak up the toxins before they could bind to cells...
Arafat’s failure to deliver a consolidated, united front in his dealings with Israel has left the peace process nothing more than a laughable quest to sign a piece of paper, which would potentially bind only some of the Palestinians in peace with Israel, continuing to leave Israelis vulnerable to Palestinian terrorists. From the Israeli perspective, the entire point of the peace process is to achieve peace and security for its citizens and inhabitants, and without this prospect for a lasting peace, there seems little reason to negotiate or make concessions...
When they came to see Of A Revolution (OAR) last Wednesday night at the Roxy, they came to abandon something. For one evening, they came to let go of the details of their lives, the clutter of things and people that bind them to place and to the inertia of their day-to-day existence. They threw themselves into the rhythm and followed it wherever it took them. And for a few brief moments, they actually believed they were lost, that there was nowhere and nothing but the music rising in them...
Matchett used a system called “lashing” to secure the poles. “It’s what sailors use to keep things together. You bind the wood together with rope, then wrap more rope around those bindings. The friction in the ropes keeps anything from slipping. I tell people, ‘Friction keeps me sleeping soundly at night’,” he explains. And the ropes do not budge. When in the “down” position the bed frame itself rests on the wooden structure. But when...
...Allah. It seems likely that his motivations are not religious, but a desperate attempt to unite the Arab world against encroachment by America and the West. His appeals to religion are practical steps towards this end because Islam is one of the few things, aside from geography, that bind together the Arabs of the Middle East...