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...left Mossad to become a lawyer and continued to avoid politics for 10 years, at a time when the country was being torn apart over the question of exchanging land for peace with the Palestinians. When she finally took the plunge, it was to help shape the terms of the exchange. "Tzipi said she'd prefer to be the negotiator than let someone else do it and give it all away," says Eran Cohen, her former political adviser...
...MCMAHON struggles to avoid foreclosure on his L.A. home. Where's Publishers Clearing House when you need...
...ISSUE Iraq Economy Party Solidarity Work Ethic ACTION The war is back at center stage, with Democrats badgering John McCain for erroneously saying the number of U.S. troops has been reduced to pre-surge levels and accusing the Senator of focusing on the conflict to avoid talking about the sagging economy. Republicans, meanwhile, have been taunting Barack Obama for failing to visit Iraq to observe conditions on the ground firsthand since 2006. With an eye on November, Obama is redoubling his efforts to talk to struggling working-class voters with feel-your-pain intensity and increased specificity about...
...alumni registry is just data that is collected and aggregated. There is no reason why one employee working school hours (8 a.m. to 3 p.m.) five days a week should not be able to collect such information. This task can be delegated to current employees if needed, to avoid having to hire someone else. Even taking into account some practical issues—such as low response rates caused by anything from laziness to a dysfunctional household—the benefits having an alumni registry are greater than the work that goes into actually creating them. This should...
...Maybe this state of affairs is inevitable. The fact is that we live in a society ruled by an invisible hand, not a philosopher-king. Those who take care not to make waves and to avoid situations in which failure is possible, can parlay their Harvard diplomas into a very sizable bank account...