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...find the light switch.'' ! ''We don't switch off the light at night. In future, when you want to speak to the guards, just say, 'Report.' Don't knock on the door. Don't say anything else.'' I lay down again and turned to the dusty wall to avoid the light. Just before daybreak, the electric light in the cell was switched off. In the darkness, the dirt and ugliness of the room disappeared. I could imagine myself elsewhere. During all the years I spent in that prison cell, the short time of darkness after the light was switched...
...needed physical and mental exercise. I devised a series of exercises that moved every part of my body from my head to my toes; I did this twice a day. At first, the exercise exhausted me, and I had to interrupt it with frequent rest. Also I had to avoid the prying eyes of the guards, as exercise other than a few minutes of walking in the cell after meals was forbidden. Nevertheless, I managed to exercise each day and after a few months I recovered my physical strength somewhat, as well as my feeling of well-being. For mental...
...will have to surrender the Galilee!'' Where does it end, with Israel solving its public relations problem by leaping into the Mediterranean Sea? With a cheerful fierceness, Dayan describes the reality that he sees around him: ''Everyone around here hates everyone, and everyone hates the Jews. I want to avoid killing Arabs, and so I want to expel them. You know, at a Super Bowl in America, I saw a black man singing the national anthem. In Israel, you would not find one Arab, not one, to sing the national anthem of Israel!'' But the Jews have granted the Arabs...
...political tipping point” regarding the issue of global warming. “We can still do something about this,” he said, “We cannot stop climate change in its tracks but we do have a choice to take action and avoid the most dangerous consequences.” Spring Greeney ’09, co-chair of the Environmental Action Committee (EAC), an undergraduate organization devoted to promoting environmental awareness among Harvard students, said the IPCC report has given more power to a student referendum on an initiative titled...
...also supports the military's recent moves to beef up a presence in the Persian Gulf and target Iranian interests in Iraq. Although both Bush and Rice deny they have any hostile intent, there is anxiety in some foreign-policy circles that even as it struggles to avoid losing one war in Iraq, the Administration may provoke another one across the border in Iran...