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...neutralized efforts by Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon to sideline him from any future negotiating process. Sharon earlier this week reiterated his insistence that there would be no negotiations with the Palestinians before the PA had been thoroughly reformed, saying he would talk only to a "different Palestinian Authority" - code for an entity led by someone other than Arafat. But by committing himself to renewing his mandate from the Palestinian electorate, Arafat is answering Western and Arab calls for greater democracy in the PA. It's a relatively safe move, since Arafat is unlikely to face any credible challenger...
Ford arrived in a dashing tux, having been misinformed about the dress code, and jokingly addressed the “deplorable wardrobe choice of the academics” present at the conference, who sported blazers and khakis...
Financial planners recommend that parents avoid dipping into their 401(k)s or pension plans to help their children and instead cut back on short-term optional expenses like entertainment and vacations. Advisers also point out one way the tax code can help: if you continue to pay at least 50% of your child's total living expenses, you can still claim that child as a dependent...
...comparison between today’s Israel and Apartheid-era South Africa is so fundamentally flawed as to be offensive. The Israeli legal code does not discriminate against Arab Israelis the way that the Apartheid laws discriminated against black South Africans. In Israel, the law provides for the equal treatment of all of its citizens, both Jewish and Arab. In South Africa, however, blacks were the victims of laws that controlled their day-to-day lives, dictating where they could live, work and travel. And in South Africa, the government slaughtered blacks when they protested the government?...
...categorization is acknowledged both by scientists and philosophers. Dr. Francis Collins, the head of the publicly funded project to sequence the human genome, came to Harvard Medical School last year to explain the project’s findings. Collins said that all humans have 99.9 percent of their genetic code in common and variation between geographically distinct people is very slight...