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...Israel. None of these resolutions had the support of Israel or of the United States, and chances are that none will have any significant impact on the current crisis. If the crisis evolves into a war, the United Nations will appear to have gone the ineffectual way of its predecessor, the League of Nations. Or, if this crisis diffuses, these resolutions will fade into the collective amnesia of the global society--and the actions that a majority of the world's countries called for will be dutifully ignored...
...least in part to its June selection by the Oprah Book Club, here comes Kingsolver's new novel, "Prodigal Summer" (HarperCollins; 444 pages; $26), which is something of a return to the author's earlier form. It is an altogether lighter and more easygoing affair than its immediate predecessor. Its setting has narrowed from the vast heart of Africa to a mountain and valley in southern Appalachia over the course of a single hot and unusually rainy summer. Its subject is not the clash of ideologies but the rhythms of nature and man's misguided attempts to interfere with them...
...Henry C. "Hank" Moses, Nathans' predecessor as freshman dean, was well liked by proctors, senior advisors and FDO support staff alike...
...Griffith says she respected Nathans but the new dean might have seemed more removed and less understanding than her predecessor...
...preferring to stay in his cramped Belgrade apartment. He said last week he will not serve his whole five-year term but plans to call for new parliamentary and presidential elections in 18 months, after which he will step aside. "I think it's a nice change from my predecessor," he said, with typical understatement. For now, most Serbs are delighted. "We've had our share of charismatic politicians...and look what happened," says Nenad Stefanovic, a local journalist. "One thing we haven't tried yet is a normal, decent...