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...destruction since 1948. In the past 50 years Israel has been attacked no less than five times by the Palestinians and neighboring Arab states. Until very recently, the Palestinian charter called for the destruction of Israel. Palestinian textbooks often don't acknowledge the existence of Israel. Palestinian clerics call upon their congregants to slaughter Jews. Hate crimes against Jews by Palestinians have skyrocketed all over the the world in the past six weeks. My own synagogue had a window smashed by a young Palestinian-American...
...Supreme Court will decide in the next few weeks whether to consider Penry's appeal or send it back to the Texas courts, which would then most likely set a new execution date. The intricacacies of the controversy, however, reportedly elude Penry. Prison officials said that upon learning his life had been spared a second time, Penry asked if he could still eat his "last" meal--cheeseburgers and French fries...
Editorial director is the second highest editorial position in the company. Walter will work with me to provide overall guidance and strategy for Time Inc.'s magazines. In addition, he will serve as our primary liaison with CNN and, upon completion of its proposed merger with Time Warner, America Online Inc., in which roles he'll explore opportunities for our editorial content on television and online...
...Sunday deadline had lost some of its magic power to conjure a president, because by that time both sides had loosed upon the world armies that were hard to call back. It was eye for an eye, lawsuit for lawsuit; the candidates were fighting on every front because at different times during the week each found his back against the wall. Optimists in both camps still talked about how they would reach out to the other side when it was all over, like the World War I infantrymen who played soccer on Christmas Day before going back to their trenches...
...what if Monday morning is the day America finally gets impatient? Gore, upon whom party pressure to concede has been strongest (and who, as a former Washington senator himself, heeds it the most) is the now the candidate most in touch with his sense of finality. If on Tuesday night he began clearing the way for a magnanimous victory, he was also clearing the way for a graceful defeat...