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...hard for Condit to convince even sympathetic viewers of his innocence because he acted so pitiless. You needed to listen carefully to find a single expression of any appropriate feeling, whether of sympathy for the Levys or remorse for his own behavior or fear for Chandra's fate or fury at the lynching by the press. Instead the answers were measured, etched with legal constraint and word-perfect repetition, as though he didn't dare get one wrong...
Adding some color to the mix hasn't been smooth. Just ask the Williams sisters' father Richard. Actually, don't bother asking. Just stand within shouting distance of him, or listen to the outgoing message on his cell phone, on which he is always angry about something, usually race. Serena says their only friends on the tour are Chanda Rubin and Alexandra Stevenson, the only other black women near the top 100. The other players, who admittedly don't like one another's white butts either, find the Williamses off-putting. And many think they play the race card when...
...Israel and its supporters refuse to even contemplate a comparison between the Palestinian plight in the West Bank and Gaza and the condition of black South Africans under apartheid. And the Palestinians and their supporters are determined to diminish the significance of the Holocaust. Plainly, if they'd simply listen to each other, they may have a better idea of how why their peace efforts thus far have failed. But this conference is less about dialogue than about the race to place one's grievances on the record, preferably at the expense of one's adversaries...
...truth is, Israel's assassinations are six parts gadgetry to four parts information from collaborators. Technology is the foundation of Israel's intelligence operation. In 1996, Israel completed a $4 million network of antennas in hilltop Israeli settlements throughout the West Bank that enables it to listen in on every cellular-phone call Palestinians make. At the Jerusalem headquarters of military intelligence's listening division, Unit 8200, computers scan the calls for key words that signal conversations worth a hearing by one of the hundreds of soldiers stationed there. Even with no one on the line, a cell phone emits...
...friends and classmates. They're afraid that the intervention will boomerang. They don't trust a parent to catch the subtleties of the situation. And for good reason, say the authors. "Things we try to do often backfire, making things worse for a child." What can a parent do? Listen sympathetically, stay confident and remember the power of your love for your child...