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...been a resounding rejection on the Palestinian streets of U.S. and Israeli ideas on the future sovereignty over the Holy City. And the religious passion fueling that rejection - "jihad" (holy war) is the explanation most commonly cited by Palestinian demonstrators to explain their actions - will make it exceedingly difficult even for Arafat to bring them to a halt. Not that he'll be in any hurry to: The violence has graphically underlined his point that the Palestinians, too, have red lines on Jerusalem over which they can't be pushed, and has prompted the very Arab governments on whom Washington...
...conclude a final agreement, right now, may be counterproductive for both Arafat and Barak. The beleaguered Israeli leader had been expected to struggle to maintain his majority when the Israeli parliament reconvenes, although the violence may paradoxically help him given the perception that Likud leader Sharon provoked the outburst. Even if he manages to shore up his base, making concessions under fire isn't the Israeli way. And Arafat must be well aware that the rage of his people is a sign that they perceive little gain from a decade of negotiations. That's a pot Hamas will gladly stir...
...Despite Bush's relatively diminutive stature (he stands about two inches shorter than Gore), the governor will not be permitted to stand on a phone book (or anything else) in an attempt to even out the height differential. No word on whether his loafers will be checked for lifts...
...from federal officials, who asked the usual large number of questions. But instead of a prompt follow-up, Bush's regulators waited nearly a year to submit a revised version. Another volley of paperwork continued until August 1997, when Congress passed the CHIP program, overtaking the state plan. But even then, Bush took his time to start up CHIP, although the program requires less of a state contribution than Medicaid (25 percent versus 40 percent). When CHIP finally did start, last May, a total of five years had passed since the legislature first attempted to cover many of the same...
...delay freed Texas from having to spend billions of dollars in matching state grants, leaving enough money for Bush to pass $1 billion in tax relief in the 1997 legislative session. Two years later, he set his sights on even bigger tax cuts. To make the numbers work, Medicaid spending had to be contained. The governor's office fought a bill to require automatic re-enrollment in Medicaid of kids still eligible after their parents were dropped from welfare rolls. And under pressure from Bush allies running the appropriations committees, Texas legislators accepted projections of a steep decline in patient...