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...adult, I was troubled by various policies and practices of the Israeli government that came to my attention, such as those to which Mr. Rashid referred, yet constantly aware of the innocent Israeli lives lost through terrorist actions. I realized that this issue, like most, cannot be viewed as black and white...
...unlikely to sneak up on you. The insects are large enough to see with the naked eye, which means a simple check of a hotel room will determine if they're lurking there. Peel back the bedsheets and examine the mattress, and check behind the headboard if possible, for black spots of excrement, shed skins or the bugs themselves. It's not a particularly pleasant operation, but it beats waking up all itchy...
...While the recent increase has been more marked in minority women, the rate of pregnancy over the long term has dropped more rapidly among black teens. In 2005, both black and non-white Hispanic teens had a pregnancy rate of just over 12%, down from 22% and 16%, respectively. (White teens have a pregnancy rate of about 4.4%, down from...
...comes to abortion, the trend line has been heading downward among whites and Hispanic teens. In 1990, 43.9% of pregnant white teens terminated their pregnancies, according to the Guttmacher report. In 2006, 29.3% did. Among Hispanics, the rate dropped from 28.1% to 22.9% in the same period. But among black teens, the rate has not moved much in 15 years - holding steady at about 41%. (Read "How to Bring an End to the War Over...
...insurgent fail-safe that adds credence to the fears that the most recent of the coordinated car-bomb attackers are showing increasing sophistication. As the crowd of witnesses and Iraqi rescue workers grew, Iraqi police attempted to interdict the journalists. "Let them take pictures," a woman in a black abaya, dusty with debris, yelled at the cops. "Let the world see what is happening...