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...climate of increased tensions with Arab states following hard-line Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's election in May has forced Israeli commanders to face an urgent question: after 14 years without a full-fledged war--the longest such period in the country's history--is Israel ready for battle? The answer, many officers privately concede, is, not quite. So the military is moving rapidly to a war footing. "In the last few years, because of the peace process, we took some chances," says a military official. "But now the possibility of war is up, so we have to build...
...that is regularly strafed with mortar and gunfire. It took Peissel 14 years to get permission to visit the region under Pakistani military escort. But he is convinced it was worth the wait. "The expedition's findings at long last vindicate Herodotus," says Peissel, "ending what may be the longest treasure hunt in history...
...This nearly cinematic biography of the nation's longest-serving President offers a compelling look at the man and his time. The elegant design includes virtual tours of F.D.R.'s home. ($40; Corbis...
...style dove and partisan Democrat, Brown is the longest serving Californian in Congress. Once chairman of the House Science Committee, he has made the space program a priority while ardently opposing space-based military systems. Yet winning his past several elections by increasingly slim margins--his 1994 victory was by 2,629 votes--Brown himself has been targeted as vulnerable by the G.O.P...
Hansen, who has had the longest tenure of any Utah Representative, is seeking his ninth term. A key voice for local control in what some residents call the "war on the West," he opposes overdevelopment, but not enough to get the support of some environmentalists, who want Hansen to do more to protect the Western wilderness. Hansen has also led efforts to limit tobacco advertising...