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...stance on terror, not because they necessarily agreed with his positions on the tax code and social security. These issues were marginalized during the campaigns and the debates, which focused on health care, education, the war on terror, social issues and Iraq. Bush must reach across party lines and begin bridging the gap between the left and the right before he begins implementing what looks like a very conservative and divisive domestic policy agenda...
...block him. But just as a potentially seismic shake-up of the Palestinian leadership was developing, there were deep rumblings on the Israeli side as well. Sharon won approval last week in Israel's parliament, the Knesset, for a bill scheduling the withdrawal of Israeli settlers from Gaza to begin next June. Sharon's aides say the plan, which would involve uprooting 21 settlements in Gaza and four in the West Bank, would make it easier to defend Israelis against terrorist attacks and deflect international pressure on Israel to engage in peace talks. But while 60% of Israelis support...
...P.L.O. and of the powerful Fatah faction. Abbas will probably keep a low profile until the results of Arafat's Paris tests are in, but it's clear he's preparing to take control. Meanwhile, P.L.O. leaders expect that in Arafat's absence, Prime Minister Ahmed Qurei will begin carrying out the reforms of the security forces demanded by Israel and the U.S.--reforms that Arafat has blocked...
...Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently." --Henry Ford...
...There is still the inevitable weeding out of underachievers that economist Joseph Schumpeter termed "creative destruction." And no doubt many companies respond to missteps by becoming stronger. "Every company will have mistakes," says Harvard Business School's Rosabeth Moss Kanter, author of Confidence: How Winning Streaks and Losing Streaks Begin and End. "Some deal with them better than others...