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...Israel now faces the sobering fact that Palestinians have split into two dangerous entities: the West Bank under Abbas' chaotic organization and weak leadership, and Gaza under Hamas - an organization pledged to destroy the Jewish state. So far, the Israelis have ruled out any offensive against Gaza's new rulers, but the military has sealed off the 30-mile-long strip's access by air, sea and land. Defense Minister Amir Peretz declared that Israel would not allow the violence in Gaza to spill over into attacks on southern Israel, and the Israelis have plenty of ways to strike back...
...Russia. Mercilessly waged by Putin with extraordinary brutality, it not only crushed a small nation long victimized by Russian and then Soviet imperialism but also led to political repression and greater authoritarianism inside Russia and fueled chauvinism among Russia's people. Putin exploited his success in stabilizing the chaotic post-Soviet society by restoring central control over political life. The war in Chechnya became his personal crusade, a testimonial to the restoration of Kremlin clout...
...novels usually start in a very chaotic way. It never feels so clear as selecting a topic. I write my way into them. Though I am keen to make my new novel not anything like my last, so often I am in flight from the last thing...
...quiet a Cambridge July, Knowles swept up what he believed was a chaotic University Hall. The prodigious note-taker, who records nearly every interaction he has, had taken note of rifts within the College administration. As one of his first major acts in office, he and Dean of the College Benedict H. Gross ’71 fired Patricia O’Brien, Gross’ deputy and a central player in the growth of what some professors considered the corporate culture of University Hall. O’Brien had long been a leader of the attempt to market...
Then there were the renegade animal rescue groups that poured into the city in Katrina's chaotic aftermath: hastily convened organizations that entered homes, often illegally, to search for animals, leaving buildings with gaping doors and broken windows, and vulnerable to people with less honorable motives. "Most people came here with good intentions," Rigney says. "But they didn't want to take direction from the city or the SPCA." This year's plan requires all rescue groups to register in advance with the animal protection agency. "You won't be seeing any fringe groups," Rigney promises...