Word: righting
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...Europe thinks of Fords as American cars, quite simply because they've been made in local plants, according to designs tailored for European markets, for more than half a century. And if all goes according to plan, 10 or 20 years from now an anti-American mob may charge right by a McDonald's without as much as lifting a stone. Because like the Ford logo for the protesters of today, the next generation may not know the origins of the Golden Arches...
...Right outside Harvard's gates, the Pit in Harvard Square is one of Cambridge's hotbeds of criminal activity. Each weekend brings HUPD and CPD calls to the Pit and Au Bon Pain. So much so, in fact, that on Friday and Saturday night, HUPD stations an officer there...
Once settled into our yogurt-cone routine, my brother and I skipped shopping all together and visited with Lola and the other customers while my mom went by herself. Lola had us sit up at the counter, right with the adults, who would talk with Lola while she worked...
...that the national news media are devoting energy and resources to an actual news story. This is not J.F.K. Jr. or Princess Diana, but something real, with consequences for just about everyone. The so-called O.J. treatment--wall-to-wall coverage, intermixed with pundits and talking heads--is exactly right for what's happening. And there are three cable news networks to choose from, each with a different type of coverage. The media is playing its mediating role just right--it is questioning everything, sifting good information from bad,and helping to educate the public...
...Yasser Arafat, the election poses what has become a frustrating dilemma for the Palestinian leadership each time Israel goes to the polls - do they restrain Palestinians for fear of stampeding Israeli voters to the right, or do they press on regardless of whether the man they'll ultimately face across the negotiating table is Netanyahu or Barak. But the election also presents Arafat with an opportunity: After all, the Palestinian leader knows the intifada alone will not force Israel to withdraw from the West Bank and Gaza, and a return to negotiations is inevitable - and Barak now needs a peace...