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...street began to believe the military operations were responsible for his sufferings," says Ghazi Hamad, the editor of the Hamas newspaper al-Watan, which Arafat shut down three weeks ago. Public support is critically important to Hamas. Formed in 1988 as an offshoot of the pan-Arab Muslim Brotherhood, it is committed to a holy war to liberate not only the Gaza Strip and West Bank but also Israel from Jewish control. The group runs a large network of social institutions: mosques, clinics, schools and charities. In recent years, it had been estimated to command the loyalty of about...
...skillful use of camera angles takes full advantage of the richness of color in the costumes and sets. One powerful scene gives a birds-eye view of the Round Table as Arthur and his knights, with synchronized fluidity, lay down their gleaming swords to reaffirm their pact of brotherhood...
...America's leading justice-for-rent. The retired federal judge has been hired to lead investigations of sensitive cases ranging from the Iraq-gate scandal to Michael Jordan's gambling activities. But Lacey 's handling of his most challenging role, federal supervision of the 1.4 million-member International Brotherhood of Teamsters, has provoked debate about whether Lacey and his justice Department employers have gone soft in their handling of America's most corrupt union...
Their death outraged the public and galvanized prosecutors. New turncoats supplied evidence specifically linking the Mafia to a dc faction led by the highly respected Andreotti (who was formally indicted in March on charges that he had served as the criminal brotherhood's political protector). With its leadership in disarray, the Christian Democratic Party -- for half a century the church -- blessed bulwark against the threat of Italian communism-ignominiously collapsed...
...Rather than trying to outdo each other, we've communed." Maniatis added, "It's a brotherly thing." The sign of acknowledgment between bikers, according to Milan, is "a quick right handed wave, nod or beep." There is not, in the experience of these particular bike boys, a universal brotherhood of motorcycle men. One species of bikers stands against the rest: the Harley Davidson riders. Harley riders, Maniatis explains, "don't even acknowledge that you're of the same breed...