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...President Bush applied what Israeli officials described as "brutal" pressure on Ariel Sharon to back down over the siege of Yasser Arafat's Ramallah compound. According to Haaretz, however, the U.S. may have provided some political cover for Arafat against the rightwing backlash led by Benjamin Netanyahu - Sharon reportedly told his cabinet that in exchange for letting Arafat go free, the Bush administration would support Israel in its confrontation with the United Nations over the Jenin fact-finding mission. Having backed down on Arafat, Sharon may be even more inclined to dig in his heels over Israel's objection...
After Sept. 11 jolted the campus and country toward a more pro-military outlook, Summers may have believed at one point that he could soften Harvard’s approach to ROTC without inciting backlash from the Harvard community...
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...bureau's headquarters in Washington. We agents see things we think are worth a closer look. We recommend opening a case. We recommend a wiretap, an undercover operation or around-the-clock surveillance. But all proposals need to be reviewed for legality, practicality and the potential of public backlash...
...Justice Brennan argued in his concurrence to Bakke, they should be treated equally. Just because Harvard is able to conceal its methods from the public by using more sophisticated tools than a 150-point scale does not mean it should duck and cover during the anti-affirmative action backlash...