Word: pulling
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...Shalit is released, Israeli officials have said repeatedly, the army will pull back. Still, it doesn't look good. Attempts to negotiate Shalit's release, assisted by Egyptian mediators, have been paralyzed by the absence of a clear hierarchy on the other side. Numerous Palestinian leaders, led by President Mahmoud Abbas and Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh, Hamas' political leader, have been working to secure the soldier's release, but the militants holding Shalit apparently do not answer to them. Israeli officials are saying directions are coming from Damascus, from Hamas' leader in exile Khaled Meshal, who is pushing a much...
...even William's willingness to conceive it may serve as a kind of opening bell in a race by conservatives to pull out early in happy anticipation of their own American province. Episcopalians may find out sooner rather than later what percentage of the national flock is really mad enough to seek another pasture...
...Gaza kidnapping drama highlights a problem facing Israel's prime minister Ehud Olmert reminiscent of the famous complaint of fictional Godfather Michael Corleone: "Just when I thought that I was out, they pull me back...
...cancelled.com) ESPN, Comedy Central, MTV, Discovery, HGTV and more have broadband channels. (On Animal Planet's, you can watch Web-exclusive series Pet Trends for the latest in canine fashion and high-end doggie snacks.) Canceled shows are getting second lives online (CBS's Love Monkey), while new shows pull double duty (NBC's 30 Rock, about a sketch-comedy show, will run webisodes with skits from the show-within-a-show). NBC and CBS are even planning online-only reality shows from, respectively, record producer David Foster and Survivor honcho Mark Burnett...
...Obvious question: Can the militia-riddled Iraqi army and police pull off such a subtle and complicated strategy, even with ample U.S. assistance? Probable answer: No...but what's the alternative? Only the Iraqis themselves can do the door-to-door work necessary to secure Baghdad-and if Baghdad can't be secured, the war is surely lost. "For this to have any chance of success, the Army has to make some basic changes," Krepinevich says. "Our current goal is to support each Iraqi battalion with an 11-person team of U.S. advisers. The proper number is more like...