Word: benjamin
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...Arab friends, and the embargo imposed on a defeated Saddam has savaged Jordan's economy as well. The King deeply mourned the assassinated Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, with whom he had hoped to mold a Palestinian state, and many Jordanians grew embittered at the hard-line policies of Benjamin Netanyahu. In Hussein's lifetime, when Jordan may have had its best chance, the country never developed into a constitutional democracy...
Children must be taught at a young age how to manage large amounts of homework. Hard work is what made Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Edison what they were. Edison coined the saying "Genius is 1% inspiration, 99% perspiration." I myself, a high school student, must strive for good grades and often spend evenings doing projects and writing reports. Yet when I'm done, I feel good about myself. People who work hard can do great things. ANNA COLMES San Jose, Calif...
...Benjamin Bernake, chair of Princeton's economics department, said his colleagues would miss Rogoff...
...final clubs have increasingly become centerpieces in our campus social scene. And so, not surprisingly, many students--members and non-members alike--have criticized the clubs' recent decisions because they limit social options on campus. "The purpose of the club is another social outlet," said Owl member Benjamin M. Green...
...Syria began exploratory talks with Rabin's government over returning the Golan Heights -- captured by Israel in the 1967 war -- in exchange for security guarantees, but Benjamin Netanyahu is determined to hold on to the territory. Even though there's little chance of any progress before Israel's June election, the surest sign that peace with Syria may be back on the agenda was Tuesday's report of a new Israeli settlement being built on the Golan. After all, no piece of ground is more attractive to the right-wing settler movement than one they fear may be negotiated away...