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...polls closed in Kentucky and Indiana, where voters apparently get up really, really early or just don't have jobs. The major networks have joined their cable brethren at the election trough. And that gentle flutter you hear all across the TV spectrum is the sound of hands being tipped: the hints that "it looks like we're in for a long night," the suggestions that all is not well within certain Senate campaigns...
Journalists don't clap. For 15 years, as a writer and reporter listening to politicians speak, I'd affected the universal pose of my brethren: a slightly bored indifference, perhaps jotting down a note here and there, raising an eyebrow, riffling through the prepared text in search of a quote - but never, ever clapping...
...history were written today, Israel and its allies would blame Arafat for missing his best opportunity to found a peaceful Palestinian state. But Palestinians and their Arab brethren would--and do--say history will praise him for having the dignity and strength not to sell them out. When he returned from Camp David, crowds hailed him as "the Saladin of this generation!" Everything that has happened since reflects these opposite visions of reality...
...some of the country's most spectacular expanses of wilderness. Its capital, known as the Gateway to the Glaciers, boasts such nearby attractions as Admiralty Island National Monuments, home to the world's largest concentration of brown bears, and the Juneau Ice Fields. Dogsledding--courtesy of Leo's brethren--is one way to see the sights www.mtjuneauinn.com...
...Temple Mount - Israeli troops have fired on Palestinians with antitank rockets and helicopter gunships as Palestinian policemen and masked gunmen have fired back, cheered on by tens of thousands of unarmed demonstrators, while Arab youths inside Israel proper have taken to the streets in support of their Palestinian brethren and clashed violently with police...