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Israel's failure to deal with the Palestinian problem could represent miscalculation. Israel may be allowing another big opportunity to slip by. The Palestinian problem essentially began with the creation of the state of Israel and it has been perpetuated as a result of active manipulation by Arab leaders and by the refusal on the part of Israel to take any initiative to reach a resolution. The problem wasn't "resolved" during the Lebanese war and will not be resolved in the future by violent means: that message was made abundantly clear by the cease-fire imposed by the Saudi...
...Pagliaro slip on second down sent the ball back to the five, but on the next play the Eli sensation swept right end for the touchdown...
...Crimson booters were unable to find the net last night, allowing the University of Pennsylvania squad to slip away with a 1-0 victory...
...debates with the Peanut had gone fairly well, he thought, though a small slip was costly. The reference to Cornell as being "under Harvard's domination" was a mistake, and the backlash from the misstatement was severe. Upset Ithaca partisans cast ballots against Restic in a 9-3 proportion, and the loss in that precinct was a surprise to all prognosticators...
Dean survived, despite the opposition of powerful foes and his own vacillations, mainly because he had no false story to protect and he had an amazing ability to recall the truth. Yet there were times during the testimony when a date would slip out of focus and "the whole edifice would crumble." There were times when he wanted to forget everything. Once he lashed out at the prosecutors, telling his lawyer: "Don't those bastards know I'm going to jail? I can't keep churning this Watergate crap out. I'm tired of turning...