Word: dealing
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...adolescents. In these formative years, children learn how to think and act like adults. The impact of education on a young person's life cannot be overstated--it molds both students' intellect and social development. Education is a local issue; school committees around the nation have a great deal of control over their curricula, teaching styles and extracurricular activities. As a result, the decisions made by local school committees are one of the most important influences on the lives of students. The choice to drop a course, revamp a schedule, cut a budget or add an after-school activity...
...words of a desperate candidate - and the image of a stack of 10,000 ballots untouched by human hands - tend to overshadow the words of a lawyer and an angry spinner, and suddenly Gore has another deal in the air that Americans may understandably find attractive. Another deal that Bush will turn down. But not in person...
...negotiating table is Netanyahu or Barak. But the election also presents Arafat with an opportunity: After all, the Palestinian leader knows the intifada alone will not force Israel to withdraw from the West Bank and Gaza, and a return to negotiations is inevitable - and Barak now needs a peace deal more than ever...
...Netanyahu is the favorite to unseat Sharon as Likud leader and perhaps to topple Barak. Leading Barak in all the polls, Netanyahu would prefer to see the Prime Minister fall, which would prompt new elections. So Sharon needs to move fast: his ideal play would be to cut a deal with Barak that would lever him into power and keep Netanyahu out of the picture. Sharon would stick around just long enough to establish himself firmly as Israel's conservative leader-in-waiting. Then he'd pull the plug and seek vindication at the polls...
...ostracized for joining the right wing. Their resentment still boils within Sharon, as does their determination. "My parents never surrendered," he says. Neither will he. Barak's chief political negotiator, Communications Minister Binyamin Ben-Eliezer, talked to Sharon each day last week and thinks he can still make a deal. "I'm very happy with what I heard," he says. Sharon was just happy to hear the talking at all. It's the music of a man marching closer to power every day. For the old soldier, halting the march is never an option...