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...with his new "give-peace-a-chance" op-ed page charm offensive, but the pressure on him to rein in the gunmen isn't only foreign. A number of Palestinian political leaders and intellectuals have grown increasingly alarmed at what they characterize as the "militarization" of the intifada. They complain this not only reinforces antidemocratic tendencies in Palestinian political life, but is also a spectacularly bad strategy that has squandered international sympathy for Palestinian street protestors by shifting attention to Israelis suffering the horror of suicide bombings. Israeli reports suggest Arafat is being urged to clamp down on terror attacks...
Washington has its own version of the business cycle: when times are good, get rid of pesky regulations that companies complain are holding them back; when things turn sour, start crying for rules. No legislator wants to appear to be blocking reform now, especially in an election year, but previous efforts have faded away when the headlines did. Here are four areas of reform and the hurdles they face...
...Sates is also bound together by a federal tax code, something that “Euroland” decisively lacks. Interest rates have profoundly different effects depending on the tax rates in the areas where they apply. This has led Romano Prodi, the President of the European Union, to complain that as long as the EU does not have a standardized tax policy it will be “like a soldier trying to march with a ball and chain around one leg.” Joschka Fischer, the German Foreign Minister was rather more revealing when he said that...
...many cases, subjected to more aggressive searches than ordinary passengers. An airline captain told TIME that while in uniform and on his way to a flight, he had to remove articles of clothing, and once he even had the lining pulled out of his suitcase. "Pilots can't complain or object because our airlines will discipline us or even fire us," he said. "As a pilot, the public trusts my skills, character and judgment to keep them safe, but it's becoming an ordeal even to get to the plane." Airport security most likely will only get tougher. To meet...
Residents complain of higher prices, more drugs and increased commercialization. Banks, cheap shops and fast food joints now line the streets—from Dunkin’ Donuts to Convenience Plus—and for some, these shops are not so convenient...