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...family, just as Allah is rabb al-'alamin, master of the universe. No more. To men like human-rights advocate Raji Sourani, who withstood years of persecution by the Israelis when they controlled Gaza City and then more by Arafat's secret police, this is the cruelest blow. When his twins asked for guns, Sourani took them to a toy shop. "I don't want a toy," said Basel, 7. "I want a real gun." "What for?" Sourani asked. "To protect us," the boy answered. "I'll protect you. Don't worry," the father said. The kids did not swallow...
...Israelis knew enough of the boy's culture to understand that language hurts an Arab as surely as a blow. But just as assuredly, it shapes a future hatred. "I used to think of Israelis as human beings that felt as we do," Khalil says. "But now I feel they are inhuman criminals...
...organizing, planning and thinking problems through. The most serious symptoms may appear when kids reach age 8, just when the academic challenge of grade school starts to be felt. "They're being asked to do things that they're very poor at," Papolos says, "and it's a blow to their self-esteem." If school doesn't kick the disorder into overdrive, puberty often does, with its rush of hormones that rattle even the steadiest preteen mind...
...breakup with 'N Sync's Justin Timberlake, and disappointing (though still pretty huge) album sales--could not leave trouble behind. She had barely left her plane when she was videotaped flipping the bird at paparazzi whom she felt were hounding her the way photographers chased Princess Diana. The real blow came at an outdoor show in Mexico City: in the middle of her fifth song, Spears stopped and said, "I'm sorry, Mexico. I love you. Bye," and slipped away. The crowd of 50,000 hurled Britney merchandise and shouted, "Fraud! Fraud!" Spears later apologized, promised tickets would be refunded...
When Nicky Summerbee and Billy McKinlay appeared in the colors of the English Football League's Leicester City for its first game of the 2002-03 season against Watford last weekend, the two did more than merely suit up for a match. They also struck a dubious blow for the future of the sport - by becoming the first "amateurs" in the competition since the category was abolished in the 1970s. That's right. Summerbee and McKinlay - both footballers by trade but both currently without permanent contracts - played for free. "Obviously it's not ideal," Summerbee told the Guardian...