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...shots. Gazans initially were jubilant over the redeployment of Israeli troops from populated areas to strategic roads and strong points--no more identity checks, no more nightly curfew. By now they have concluded that in psychological terms the occupation continues. "We still feel the heavy hand of Israel," says Aown Shawa, the mayor of Gaza City. "Getting in and out, for example, is worse than before." Israel's eight closures of the border this year--for security, say Israelis; for harassment, say Palestinians--have kept the 12,000 Gazans who depend on jobs in Israel from working more than...
Women's ace Kerry Melville once asked me, "Aown't yew tayken enoof pictchahs of me, sonny?" at a Slims tourney at Squantum last year. I had been focusing on her for four games in one second-round match, and she was winning. A thin-skinned grouch, Melville has been on the verge of winning major tournaments for years but has never been able to break a final round block against the hierarchy of the game: King and Court...
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