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...Israeli troops encircle Gaza City, their commanders are faced with a painful dilemma: How far must they advance into the deadly labyrinth of slums and refugee camps where Hamas militants await with booby-trapped houses and snipers? With each passing day, Israel's war against Hamas grows riskier and more punishing, with the gains appearing to diminish compared to the spiraling costs - to Israel's moral stature, to the lives of Palestinian civilians and to the world's hopes that an ancient conflict can ever be resolved. Ideally, in a war shaped by television images, Israelis would like a tableau...
...Jerusalem, the Israeli Cabinet is readying for a massive ground assault on Gaza City's densely populated maze of alleys, where thousands of Hamas fighters await with booby traps and other nasty surprises - and hundreds of thousands of civilians cower. Israeli planes dropped leaflets on Wednesday calling for the evacuation of more than 20,000 Gazans from their homes near the Egyptian border crossing of Rafah, so that the Israelis can begin bombing to destroy a network of smugglers' tunnels along the border...
...took four years of screening before the team had chosen its recipient, a woman whose cause of disfigurement is being kept secret along with her name. Once she'd been chosen, the surgical team had to await a compatible donor - someone whose tissue matched the recipient's, but also, for esthetic and psychological reasons, who was of the same race, gender and approximate age. The call to alert Siemionow that a donor had finally been found came in the middle of the night earlier this month, and her team was hastily gathered. The operation began at 5:30 that afternoon...
...score of 3-0 and leads the team with seven 9-0 whitewash games. Crimson coach Satinder Bajwa has emphasized the importance of using these lopsided conference games as opportunities for the players to hone and refine their shots in preparation for the much more challenging matches that await them in early 2009. Harvard takes an extended break over the Christmas holidays and exam period before beginning a brutal stretch, taking on squash powerhouses No. 3 Trinity, No. 2 Penn, and No. 1 Princeton in early February. “We are going to be training very hard over...
...purposes and other aspects of House renewal. Among the significant questions before us are: How best to accommodate programs and activities that are part of House life? Should new Houses be built in Allston? How best to accomplish the myriad tasks in physical planning, financial analysis, and modeling that await? Given the importance and size of the project, it must be integrated with our other ongoing building efforts...