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...Protestant congregation that rents space in Old Cambridge Baptist Church and has attracted some of the converts interviewed. “We have a lot of faith that God is actually the one pursuing people. We take a great step backward in that. However, when someone is ready to commit to Christ, we’re right there...
...predetermined, military response. As Frankfurter Professor of Law Alan M. Dershowitz has proposed, the Israeli Defense Forces should release a list of targets that will be destroyed in response to each terrorist attack. That way Palestinian terrorists will know exactly who among their own people they harm when they commit murder so they can properly weigh their own perceived costs and benefits...
More than 2 million women--some 600,000 of them juveniles--commit a violent offense each year, and some three-quarters of their victims are women. Criminal-justice advocates say up to 85% of women convicted of violent crimes are victims themselves of physical and sexual abuse; 43% are drug addicts or alcoholics; 40% suffer from parental absence or neglect; and perhaps 1 in 10 has a mental-health problem...
...Crimson could not break through again and Penn did not commit any more penalties. Harvard’s last good scoring chance—on Kocis’ attempt with just seconds left to play—was far too little, too late, as Kelly made a nice stop...
Most Palestinians are neither terrorists nor involved in terror-related activities. When Israel invades Palestinian refugee camps, blockades Palestinian towns, and demolishes Palestinian homes, innocent people suffer for acts that they did not commit. This is one of many insufferable tragedies of war. The only effective means that Israel has to stop terrorists is to find them and kill them before they strike, and this necessitates the invasion of Palestinian territory; Israel certainly cannot rely on the PA or Arafat, and it cannot rely upon terrorists to heed the words of Bush or U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan. Israel...