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...their structures in the West Bank and Gaza - a way of limiting the impact of external pressure. More importantly, Hamas is usually responsive to Palestinian public opinion. If ordinary Palestinians see in the roadmap a prospect for returning to jobs in Israel and easing some of their economic burden, Hamas can't afford to be seen to be the spoilers. They also can't afford to be seen as the cause of a civil war that would increase Palestinian suffering, and from which Israel would be the primary beneficiary...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Hamas Became the Key to the Roadmap | 6/25/2003 | See Source »

...Early indications are that much of that burden will be born by the U.S. taxpayer. For example, although a dozen countries are expected to contribute small numbers of troops to a 20,000-strong peacekeeping force led by Poland, most are expecting the U.S. to pay their way. Occupation is certainly a costly business: Just this week, a further $300 million was added to the annual budget with the announcement that U.S. authorities would resume paying salaries to Saddam's now disbanded professional army. But that may be a sound investment, since if a quarter of a million trained soldiers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Iraq is Not Vietnam, But... | 6/24/2003 | See Source »

...First Lady, she was a confusing and an uncomfortable public presence--a feminist who came to prominence as a wife, a professional woman laboring under the burden of a dainty, antiquated official title. She was independent, tough minded and yet allowed herself to endure one of the most spectacular spousal humiliations in history. The Hillary enigmas are only semiunraveled in this memoir, but one thing we do learn is that she was as confused and discomforted as we were. She suggests that her ever changing hairstyles, which are a running gag in this book, were a metaphor for her inability...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Humanity of Hillary | 6/16/2003 | See Source »

...entangle victims of heartbreaking tragedy like McDonough. No longer able to work, he spends his days doing crossword puzzles and preparing again for court. That was not the intention of the first jury, whose award was based not on mere sympathy but on calculations of McDonough's direct financial burden. According to foreman Joanne Kramer, in arriving at the $5.8 million in damages, the jury considered everything from home health-care aides to a van, a wheelchair, the loss of his home and the loss of income for his wife, who spends hours every day caring for him. Jurors also...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Malpractice Victim: How the System Failed One Sufferer | 6/9/2003 | See Source »

...ancestor who in the past sweated as he tilled infertile fields, the elementary school teacher who toiled away in teaching her students and that friend who helped relieve our burden,” he said, according to the translation printed in the program, “all of these, although they may be forgotten, nevertheless are a vital part of us today and will be for as long as we live...

Author: By Alexander J. Blenkinsopp, | Title: Jokes, Pomp, But No Rain Mark Commencement Exercises | 6/6/2003 | See Source »

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