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...meaning of Yasir Arafat’s death to the Palestinians was best witnessed at his burial Friday in the West Bank. Heaving, chaotic throngs of mourners seemingly devoured Arafat’s flag-draped coffin, returning full-circle the leader who had emerged from their midst to raise and carry the Palestinian flag of resistance and nationalist aspiration for forty years. Working ceaselessly, often in exile from his native land, Arafat stubbornly represented his people and their cause and won them a hard-fought war for international legitimacy and recognition. Today the Palestinian national cause stands as a pressing...
...American flag outside the Spee’s 76 Mount Auburn Street headquarters stood at half-mast last weekend, presumably mourning George W. Bush’s re-election. Yeah, totally—how could this country vote for such a cokehead? . . . In his new book I Am Charlotte Simmons, Tom Wolfe takes on the contemporary college culture of boozing, sex, hard drugs, and selfish hedonism at a campus that he says resembles “Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Stanford, Duke and a few other places rolled into one.” Thanks for the shoutout...
...payout ratio--the percentage of earnings that is paid out in dividends. The lower the ratio, the easier it is for companies to meet their dividend obligations. Payout ratios vary by industry, but generally speaking, 50% or more is considered sizable; 75% or higher may be a red flag...
Timing sugar intake is also important. Blood-sugar levels tend to flag in the late afternoon, so an after-school treat won't cause glucose levels to spike as sharply as one eaten before bedtime, and the calories it contains are more likely to be burned off right away...
...nothing wrong with activism, and Springsteen is better qualified than the pseudo intellectuals who rule conservative radio and television. Thirty years of touring the U.S. has given Springsteen a far better understanding of the true American experience and value system. How is his message any less patriotic than the flag-draped jingoism of the mainstream media...