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That was a dramatic fall. A little more than four years ago, he led his people to the brink of freedom, to a sense that their dream of an independent state was finally within reach. At the time of his death, many despaired of the possibility of anyone taking them out of the slough in which they were stuck--harassed by Israeli soldiers, threatened by Israeli attacks, vulnerable to Palestinian gang rule and sinking into privation. Palestinians direct most of their outrage at Israel and the government of Ariel Sharon, but their current condition is also the product...
...think that he’s on the brink of breaking school records as a freshman—the bottom line is, ‘Who’s probably our most slam dunk first-team All-Ivy guy?’” Murphy asked. “It might be our kicker...
That left them on the brink of elimination later in the day, set to square off against Ivy League nemesis Cornell in a must-win scenario. In its meeting with the Big Red, the team charged out of the gates, staking itself to an early lead, falling behind, and then charging back...
...within two years, he popped up on the White House lawn shaking hands with Yitzhak Rabin under the matrimonial smile of President Bill Clinton. It's not hard to see how his improbable political recoveries have made Arafat a talisman of resilience for a people perennially on the brink of national extinction...
...North Korea has pulled back from the brink by not formally declaring itself a nuclear power. It has also stopped short of proving conclusively that it has a nuclear bomb, despite widespread speculation that it would soon test such a device for the first time. Either move could unleash a nuclear arms race in Northeast Asia, as first Japan then South Korea might follow the North into the nuclear weapons club. That prospect is enough to keep the White House focused on the region...