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...Palestinian Authority must remove from its schools’ curricula textbooks that preach anti-Semitism. Ninth graders should not be learning that “one must beware the Jews, for they are treacherous and disloyal,” as they do on page 79 of their Islamic Education for Ninth Grade, according to a Center for Monitoring the Impact of Peace report. Palestinian youth should not be taught that Zionism, the ideology that led to the creation of the state with which the PA claims to want to peace, and Nazism “are the clearest examples...
After a tense lunch break, the sailors returned to the water for the final two races of the competition. In the ninth race, the Crimson stuck to its strategy of staying close to Charleston and managed to beat out the Cougars for sixth. But the conservative tactics allowed Navy to storm back into contention by winning the race, tying Charleston only three places behind Harvard overall...
Despite the threat posed by the resurgent Midshipmen, the Crimson decided to focus on staying with Charleston. In a tight pack of sloops that finished within boat lengths, Harvard was able to stay right behind the Cougars in third, while Navy was well behind in ninth place, giving the Crimson the title...
Harvard will be playing its ninth game in the last six years against Hartford tonight, making them the Crimson’s most common opponent during that stretch. It will be their third meeting in the last four NCAA tournaments. Hartford beat Hartford 3-0 in the 1998 second round, and Harvard beat Hartford 3-0 in the second round...
...There was an appeal to the Supreme Court, essentially challenging the legitimacy of the military tribunal. Eight justices came back from their summer recess to hear it. The ninth, Frank Murphy, sat out because he was participating in military training exercises with the Army - but was so interested in the proceedings that he listened anyway, hiding behind a curtain at the Court. The justices announced their decision - unanimously against the defendants - at the end of oral argument, though they didn't issue a written opinion until months later, after six of the eight defendants had been executed...