Word: acceptibility
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...President continues to exploit images related to the attacks, he must be open about the entire 9/11 issue. Bush opposed creation of the independent commission to investigate government actions leading up to 9/11, and he has been cooperating with it only reluctantly. The American people are mature enough to accept the truth of 9/11. Bush needs to let the commission do the job it was created to do. John Murphy Madison...
...Accepted students have until May 1 to accept or decline their place in the Class...
...same tax cuts that had propelled us to a resounding 49% victory." Not that she doesn't support cutting taxes, Hughes explains now, but it's a mistake for Republicans to focus on such a "polarizing issue" while giving short shrift to "other big-picture needs." Rather than accept being labeled a moderate, Hughes prefers to say she brings "a mom's perspective to the White House, a sense of practicality." When she was on the job full time, says a former West Wing colleague, "you didn't need to focus-group a bunch of soccer moms" to find...
...true enemy. Whatever possibilities were percolating of Hamas considering a peaceful solution have been overwhelmed by the movement's declaration of "open war." The Sharon government too is consumed by the idea that might can prevail. When I asked Rantisi, the new leader of Hamas, whether he would accept a negotiated settlement between Israel and the Palestinian Authority, he all but dismissed the notion. "Negotiations," he said, "never achieved anything in favor of the Palestinians." What continues to sustain Hamas are the ever-growing numbers of Palestinians who seem to agree with him. --With reporting by Jamil Hamad, Aharon Klein...
...lives into a badge of honor and giving some meaning to grief. Abu Shanab, the political leader assassinated last August, told me a few weeks before his death that suicide attacks are an expression of human dignity in a situation that seems hopeless. "We show Israel we refuse to accept their occupation lying down," he said. In the creed of Hamas, suicide bombs are the most potent weapon Palestinians can wield against a better-armed enemy. The killings make Israel understand, Rantisi told me last summer, that "force will not defeat the Palestinians. Ever." Palestinians know "we're not winning...