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Incomprehensible, then? Hardly. It is all too easy to comprehend, given minimal knowledge of U.S. involvement in the Arab world over the last 50years. The situation in Israel is only a small, though very visible, part of the story: our support for anti-democratic regimes among moderate Arab states (including Iran, prior to the Islamic revolution) is a largely unmentioned, though equally important part. Our support for bin Laden himself, and the fanatics now ruling Afghanistan, is another. Now dont get me wrong. The responsibility for these acts rests entirely with those who planned and performed them: that people...

Author: By Richard G. Heck jr., CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Reflections on a Terrorist Abomination | 9/21/2001 | See Source »

...People have come to Harvard for the last 50years not expecting to get tenure," he said...

Author: By James Y. Stern, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: English Dept. To Lose Three Junior Profs | 4/1/1998 | See Source »

...nifty bunch of friends was not as popular oras diverse in 1941 as it is today, but even thenit attracted remarkably congenial and talentedpeople, some of whom have remained friends for 50years...

Author: By Hugh Calkins, | Title: The Air We Breathed | 6/5/1995 | See Source »

...said the construction is necessary becausethe kitchen has not been renovated in the past 50years and therefore may be in violation of healthsafety codes...

Author: By Christopher R. Mcfadden, | Title: Construction Noise Bothers Eliot Students | 5/11/1994 | See Source »

Hillel's director emeritus, Rabbi Ben-Zion Gold, echoed the president's remarks. Gold said it was remarkable that "a community which began 50years ago with a handful of students," has"developed into the Jewish cultural center of thiscommunity...

Author: By Christine M. Griffin, | Title: Hundreds Attend Hillel's Opening | 5/2/1994 | See Source »

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