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...crimes, the petition states, “We find the recent attacks on Israeli citizens unacceptable and abhorrent. But these should not and do not negate the human rights of the Palestinians.” We are all familiar with the strategy of damning with faint praise; here we confront the strategy of faint condemnation. A condemnation this perfunctory, this ritualistic, so immediately abandoned, condemns nothing and no one. The thought seems to be, “Ideally, Palestinians would not be killing them; but we cannot allow the fact that they are killing them to divert our gaze...
Along with the rest of the state, Cambridge education officials must also confront the imminent repercussions of Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS), which will be come a high-school graduation requirement next year...
...climbed into a waiting car. Denunciations of the ruling were immediate, and the Justice Ministry has promised an appeal - though it's unlikely to succeed since the ruling is in line with the new law. Not only does Papon's release raise questions about France's willingness to confront accusations of recurrent anti-Semitism, it also suggests inequity in the justice system. Klaus Barbie, Germany's wartime head of the SS in Lyon, and pro-Nazi French militia leader Paul Touvier were both allowed to die of cancer in prison during the 1990s. But neither of those men had friends...
...says. "For most of the '90s, I was working about 55 hours a week. I realized, in part from listening to my patients, that my life wasn't that different from theirs." She reduced her work hours to 26 a week. "It really made me confront how I wanted to live my life. I had to reconnect." Is she happier now? "I'm getting married soon--to a man, rather than...
...which given the absence of Republican, Libertarian or Green Party candidates is tantamount to choosing the winner—they should remember Galluccio’s strong legacy of positive contributions to Cambridge. He is the person best equipped to represent them in a legislature that is confronting daunting challenges. As the housing crunch in Massachusetts worsens, as the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System tests will soon leave thousands of students without diplomas and as the economic situation remains difficult, Galluccio’s record shows he has the ability to confront these issues with skill and resolve...