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...pontiff's moving expression of solidarity with the victims of the Holocaust, denunciation of anti-Semitism and call for mutual respect among Christians and Jews fell short of Israeli expectations of some form of apology for the Vatican's conduct during World War II, but that won't diminish the fact that - as Israeli prime minister Ehud Barak noted in his salutary response - John Paul II has done more in his 22-year papacy than centuries of predecessors to repair Rome's relationship with the Jews, whom the Church had until only too recently vilified as Christ-killers...
...normally get misty-eyed about the 200th anniversaries of stupid military invasions. But it is now a couple of centuries since Napoleon's expedition into Egypt fell apart completely. I feel it would be a shame if such memorable idiocy were to pass into darkness without a salute. The invasion of Egypt speaks to us even today. It is a vindication of the Mel Brooks version of history...
Harvard (21-5-3, 17-4-3 ECAC) could have secured an automatic bid into the championships by winning the ECAC Tournament this past weekend, but in the semis, the Crimson fell to Dartmouth (20-11-0, 17-7-0) for the third time this season...
...public - a state of affairs that could eventually result in a mass loss of confidence when the market wakes up and sees the impending effects of the rate rises. Instead, they say, Greenspan should hike rates by one percent and shock the market to its senses in one fell swoop...
...thing the brands can't offer, though, is growth. Most will be hard pressed to increase sales more than 5%. Sales at Gillette, considered an innovator, actually fell 2% last year, and the company is considering unloading its underperforming stationery and Braun household-appliance divisions. In Battle Creek, Mich., Tony the Tiger isn't feeling too great. In the face of lower-priced store brands, more nimble competitors and a decline in demand, Kellogg's core cereal business has got pretty soggy. Coke, which created more shareholder value in the past decade than most other companies, has so far spent...