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...Lahav is in demand at clubs all over the country, and singalong television shows teach youngsters old campfire numbers from the 1948 Independence War. The intifadeh "has pushed Israeli society back in history to its Zionist ideological phase," says Benny Morris, a leading post-Zionist historian. "People are moving backward to a collectivist view." The effect of the New Zionism isn't limited to social life. Because most Israelis are convinced that Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat will never stick to an acceptable peace agreement, right-wing parties are getting a boost in the polls. This shift to the right also...
...year-old former economics professor and devout Catholic is widely viewed as a straight shooter. Many assume she's simply lost her taste for the game-not least because so little has gone right since she took over. The Philippines, she said, is "now closer to the category of backward countries, wherein powerful, selfish interests are able to exploit poverty and ignorance." She also complained of a political atmosphere filled with "poison"-presumably a reference to fierce criticism of her husband and his alleged dealings with Congressman Mark Jimenez, who was extradited to the U.S. last month on fraud charges...
...most spectacular of Grumet-Morris’s 29 saves came with Harvard leading 1-0 in the second period, when he fell backward while making a sweeping glove save to halt sophomore center Joel Beal...
...other government agencies. The Bush Administration is studying the idea, but at least one government official has publicly denounced it: this month Mueller insisted that the FBI is "uniquely situated" to fight terrorists and said the creation of a new department would be "a step backward in the war on terror." But if Mueller hopes to win the argument, he needs to convince his critics that the FBI is moving ahead. --By Romesh Ratnesar and Timothy J. Burger
...Robert Liscak and BC’s Chris Collins got entangled, with Liscak trying to take away Collins’ stick in the left corner. The players were grabbing both ends of the stick, which formed a clothesline that Eaves hit at a high speed skating backward...