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...late morning when Brigadier General Gadi Aizenkott appeared at the door of his boss, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak, with dreadful news. Two Israeli reserve soldiers had wandered by mistake into the West Bank city of Ramallah and had been lynched by an ecstatic Palestinian mob. They were beaten, stabbed--one was tossed out a second-story window--and defiled again. As usual on a Thursday, Barak, who serves as his own head of the Defense Ministry, was at its headquarters in Tel Aviv, dressed for the part in an open shirt and windbreaker. Immediately, he summoned his top commanders...
Still, something gave the readers pause. There was nothing outstanding in the applicant's two teacher recommendations. A more gushing letter came from his boss at the pizza place where he worked after school, detailing Theater Boy's rapport with the restaurant's immigrant cooks. "He sure sounds like a wonderful employee," said Walbridge. Field interjected, "But is he a real scholar?" Theater Boy wrote that he wants to study politics and history. But the two readers wondered why he hadn't studied more of them already. Theater Boy's moment was fading as quickly as it had come...
...WALKER Priceline boss's stock tumbles; grocery and gas biz shuttered. But we still love Shatner...
...This idea of 'launching' our children is a purely American concept," notes psychologist Pauline Boss, author of Ambiguous Loss. "We don't really launch our kids, as if into outer space: they stay connected. Now that kids often move far away," she adds, "leaving stuff with parents can be an unconscious way to maintain their roots...
...best way to do this, most analysts agree, is to persuade Tuesday night's crowd to warm to him while at the same time maintaining a presidential manner. And while Gore does not share his boss's superhuman ability to express empathy, he can, if pressed, maintain an interpersonal connection. And if he manages to balance a toned-down "I feel your pain" approach with a compelling command of specifics, the vice president could score a few points...