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...Arafat, however, is not about to make things easier for Sharon. In a politically savvy shift, the militias of his own Fatah organization have lately been concentrating their fire on Israeli soldiers and settlers outside of the Jewish State's 1967 borders. The reasoning behind the new focus has long been articulated by the likes of Fatah militia leader Marwan Barghouti: Suicide bombings inside Israel unite Israelis, and focus international pressure on restraining Palestinian terror. But attacks on symbols of the occupation - such as settlements and military checkpoints - may be perceived differently, both by many Israelis and by most...
...news stories abroad in an effort to increase pro-American sentiment in both friendly and unfriendly countries. Distributing information about America and its foreign policy has usually fallen to the State Department, while the Department of Defense has usually concerned itself solely with tactical and military matters. While this shift in responsibilities would be undesirable on its own, it is even more startling that the Pentagon plans to disseminate false stories along with those that are true...
Along with changing focuses in education, the job descriptions of Harvard professors may shift a bit as well. Faculty members, as well as Summers, have expressed the desire for more student-faculty interaction. Hauser realizes that “there’s a great deal of intimidation. Students come in and see [professors] as monsters with three heads.” That needs to change, he says—and it will, because “Harvard is serious about...
...Second, the legislation would "encourage a shift away from the emphasis on television advertising that we've seen in the last two election cycles," Corrado believes. The millions of dollars in unregulated soft money enabled the two parties to spend lavishly on TV. They won't able to do as much of that under the new regulations, which also ban sham "issue" ads being broadcast on TV or radio just before an election, whose real purpose is to attack a candidate. But the bill allows corporations, labor unions and especially special interest groups to pump practically all the money they...
...Third, power could shift from the national parties to special interest groups like the National Rifle Association on the right or the National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League on the left. That's because the bill has less restrictions on the activities of independent groups than it does on the parties...