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...There are more than 200 million Arabs in the Middle East and North Africa, occupying 5 million sq. mi. There are 3.8 million Israeli Jews on a tiny sliver of land. The Arabs have tried in war after war to destroy Israel. The Jews have prevailed. What do you expect from them? Besides, what law of history says that a people aspiring to be a nation will have a state? Look at the Kurds, the Armenians, the Basques, the Ibos...
Some experts foresee a small clearing in the thickets: as the baby boomers age, their pursuit of rugged outdoor activities like white-water rafting and hiking the high trails is likely to decline. But Park Service officials expect the more accessible locales to increase in popularity as boomers take to their BMWs and Tauruses with a vengeance, clogging the outback roads and sullying woodlands air. "The day is coming when not everybody who wants to get into the parks will be able to," warns Patricia Schifferle, a regional director of the Wilderness Society. "It will be like a sold...
...enforcement officers who are the targets of increasing violence. "Los Angeles is the capital of gang warfare throughout the country," says Shinee. "If you look at what's happening in the street -- the lack of respect for authority, police attacked with automatic weapons and assault rifles -- how can you expect that violence associated with law enforcement is going to decrease...
This is a back-to-basics bunch that wishes life could be simpler. "We expect less, we want less, but we want less to be better," says Devin Schaumburg, 20, of Knoxville. "If we're just trying to pick up the pieces, put it all back together, is there a label for that?" That's a laudable notion, but don't hold your breath till they find their answer. "They are finally out there, saying 'Pay attention to us,' but I've never heard them think of a single thing that defines them," says Martha Farnsworth Riche, national editor...
...operations in Europe in 1983, and recently launched an exploration and marketing campaign in the Far East, beginning with Thailand. Brags Kuwait's Sheik Ali Khalifa Al- Sabah, who recently switched posts from Oil Minister to Finance Minister: "We will be flying our colors in other countries soon. We expect to find many new opportunities in Eastern Europe, and if an opportunity arises in the U.S., we will look seriously at that...