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...says Parker, a devout Christian (she keeps copies of 25 Basic Bible Studies and God's Game Plan on the nightstand of her dorm bedroom, which measures 149 sq. ft., not much bigger than LeBron James' Hummer). She poured her emotions into journals: "The taste remains, distinct and bitter," she wrote, "guilt, because I was unable ... to put my team on my back." But she took care of business, hitting the books (she made dean's list) and doing physical therapy, which added 10 lbs. of muscle to her Olive Oyl frame and 2 in. to her leap...
...getting tenure; to require unions to ask each individual member before using their dues for political campaigns; to put a cap on state spending; and to put retired judges, not legislators, in charge of redrawing electoral districts. Since the beginning of the year public sector unions have been running bitter attack ads on television against the governor, driving down his popularity rating and neutralizing his value as a celebrity campaigner...
...thought deeply about what he wants to get across. ''Arafat carried out what I consider to be atrocities,'' he says. ''But I've said more than once in the context of the Arab-Israeli conflict, we make peace, or we negotiate meaningful steps toward peace, with enemies. Sometimes bitter enemies.'' Peace is not yet a fact between the Israelis and the Palestinians. But Rabin and Arafat are Men of the Year because they have taken those meaningful steps from which it will be difficult to turn back. The idea of peace, once planted, is a powerful incentive to two peoples...
...after a stint as ambassador to Washington. His tenure cut short in 1977 by a scandal over a small but illegal U.S. bank account he maintained with his wife, he retreated to Labor's back bench until 1984, when the national unity government of Shimon Peres, his bitter rival within the Labor Party, turned to him as Defense Minister. Rabin seemed just the man to suppress the intifadeh -- the uprising against Israeli rule in the occupied territories that began in December 1987. Tough and unrelenting toward the protesters, Rabin is said to have told his troops to ''break their bones...
...just started his third year at Princeton, having left Harvard in 2002 after a bitter dispute with University President Lawrence H. Summers. The confrontation was made extremely public, and although Summers has never revealed exactly what he said to the professor that made him so angry, the version West likes to tell is basically legendary...