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Second, have on hand a 1921–1923 map of Great Britain??s division of the mandated area of “Palestine.” Although the entire Palestine Mandate was to have been open for Jewish settlement, the British lopped off 80 percent of it to create Transjordan after the Hashmites were expelled from Arabia by the Ibn Saud family. This map makes it clear that Jordan represented the lion’s share of historical Palestine; indeed, the majority of Jordan is still made up of Palestinian Arabs, just as the majority of Palestinian...

Author: By Ruth R. Wisse, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Standing Up For Israel | 2/25/2002 | See Source »

...British invasion? That might be pushing it. For starters, much of Britain??s “new-sound” is so stubbornly non-commercial that its growing popularity in America is due more to word of mouth and adventurous late-night use of KaZaA than any kind of hostile takeover. Even following the recent MTV-manufactured “return to rock,” the American airwaves remain inaccessible to British bands and cluttered with the bratty, pseudo-garage sounds of Sum 41, or the glam pop-rock of Nickelback and Creed...

Author: By Lee HUDSON Teslik, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Pretty, Pale, and Polite | 2/22/2002 | See Source »

Apparently, the message has been received in Pyongyang. James Hoare—Britain??s top North Korean envoy—claims that North Korea is now especially concerned “that the doctrine applied to Afghanistan could be applied to other countries,” and they wish to reopen discourse with the United States. In other words, they fully realize the seriousness of the Bush administration—a “seriousness” that could adversely affect them if they don’t move quickly...

Author: By Duncan M. Currie, | Title: Passing the Reagan Test | 2/11/2002 | See Source »

Recently ranked among the top five DJs in the world by Britain??s DJ Magazine, Deep Dish is comprised of Ali “Dubfire” Shirazinia and Sharam Tayebi. Both emigrated from Iran while still children. The pair met while DJ-ing separately for a party in 1991, and soon afterwards formed Deep Dish Records. Shirazinia met fellow producer and DJ Brian “BT” Transeau (producer of ’NSYNC’s “Pop,” among others) while in middle school, and Transeau was to become...

Author: By Stanley P. Chang, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Deep Dish, No Cheese | 2/8/2002 | See Source »

...deeply disappointed at the lack of vision in Blair’s proposal and looks forward to solid changes in the plan before its legislation next year. Replacing defunct governmental bodies with others that are equally as ineffective does not set an example that would inspire confidence in Britain??s efforts to build a new democracy in Afghanistan...

Author: By Ronaldo Rauseo-ricupero and Ganesh N. Sitaraman, RONALDO RAUSEO-RICUPERO AND GANESH N. SITARAMANS | Title: Dartboard | 11/30/2001 | See Source »

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