Word: humaneness
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Israel's response to Palestinian riots has drawn the criticism of human-rights organizations. But also sometimes problematic is Israel's targeting of Palestinian gunmen who shoot from populated areas. Few argue that the Israelis should not shoot back when they come under fire. Israeli officers assert that they must respond to such attacks with considerable and accurate force. Palestinian sources concede that the Tanzim often fire from built-up areas, hoping Israel will strike back with superior firepower, angering ordinary Palestinians and pushing both Palestinians and Israelis into a yet more radical situation. The imbalance of firepower has inflamed...
Nature operates on a less hurried time scale. Some of the sequoias Clinton preserved in the 328,000-acre monument are only the third generation since the last Ice Age, part of a family of trees that has endured fires, earthquakes, storms and every change of political leadership since human history began. "I am not a tree hugger, but these sequoias evoke an almost religious feeling in me," says Joe Fontaine, 67, a retired schoolteacher from Bakersfield who has campaigned for 40 years to stop logging near the sequoias. Sequoias themselves are too brittle for timber yards, but if trees...
...Douglas Matthews, 49, a human-resources consultant, finally breaking off from his parents and three brothers three years ago brought immense relief--and not just to him. "I see it as the best thing he could have ever done for himself," says his wife Teri-Ann, "and for me and the kids...
...self-appointed exterminators of leftist rebels, label civilians as guerrilla sympathizers and thus make them "legitimate" targets of brutal attacks. Your article's semiheroic depiction of Castano failed to mention that he is responsible for the murder of dozens of peasants, indigenous leaders, union workers, academics, journalists and human-rights activists. JAUME VIDAL CASANOVAS ANA MARIA GOMEZ LOPEZ Washington...
...imperfect vote-counting system has proved that Americans are just human. Any claims of U.S. superiority now sound hollow. PRAVIN SHAH Addis Ababa...