Word: breaking
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...tons of hummus and three tons of tabbouleh are the newest additions to Lebanon’s arsenal in its struggle with Israel. Almost two weeks ago, the Lebanese set out to break the world record for largest hummus and tabbouleh dishes, previously held by Israel. The events took place on consecutive days and brought together 300 chefs and hundreds of citizens. Remarkably, the event was publicized and encouraged by different Lebanese political parties...
...Harvard students, we have the option to take time off and travel anywhere in the world. Timbuktu...Bora Bora...northern California? Junior Janie D’Ambrosia of Radcliffe heavyweight crew took a break from Cambridge this past spring to experience the latter...
...Office, and may not until late next week. Senators will not want to begin debating the legislation until they have the CBO's projection of how much it will cost and how it will affect the deficit. Between next week's Veteran's Day recess and the subsequent Thanksgiving break, that means it may well be December before the bill even gets to the Senate floor...
...talks, the Palestinians see Netanyahu's rejection of the settlement freeze as proof that an Israeli government beholden to right-wing settlers won't offer a credible two-state solution. Abbas has been under mounting domestic pressure from both his opponents in Hamas and within his Fatah party to break with the endless diplomacy with the U.S. and Israel that has brought the Palestinians very little, and has actually helped the more radical Hamas eclipse Fatah. That's why Fatah's leadership, at its recent congress aimed at revitalizing the movement, insisted that Abbas decline talks with Netanyahu before Israel...
...account surpluses - peaking at 10% of GDP in the first half of 2008 - and as a result accumulated a massive load of foreign exchange, which it turned around and loaned, mostly to the U.S. government, which enabled Americans to go on borrowing and spending. China, policymakers said, intended to break this unhealthy cycle. (See pictures of the making of modern China...