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...said they were just borrowing tactics that Jesse Jackson and the Democrats perfected years ago and had imported to Florida immediately after the vote, but Jesse's operation was never like this. Organizers with headsets and microphones moved the protesters about, here for a CNN live shot, there to confront a Democratic congressman, louder here, softer over there, conducting the crowd like a roving symphony orchestra. "The election may have ended, but the campaign hasn't," said New York lawyer Brad Blakeman, a top Bush campaign advanceman now moonlighting as a freedom fighter. "It would be disingenuous to say this...
...violence a self-sustaining life of its own. Israel's security cabinet met Wednesday with a view to abandoning its self-styled "policy of restraint" in dealing with the Palestinian intifada, following the killing of four Israelis in drive-by shootings on Monday. And Palestinian gunmen continued to confront Israeli soldiers and settlers Wednesday despite reports that Yasser Arafat had called on his supporters to stop shooting...
...statement, Rawlings wrote, "Crime and bias are realities in society and on our campus that we must confront...
...institution of higher learning, discussion is vital to our campus's mission. We can't just discuss the safe issues. We must be willing to confront the difficult ones. Say that Ariel Sharon's visit to the Temple Mount is directly responsible for the recent outbreak of violence. Say that Israel has the right to use all powers at its disposal to defend its soldiers and citizens against mob violence. Say you support a Palestinian state. Say you oppose any kind of Palestinian sovereignty in Jerusalem. But don't say that you don't want to talk about it. Those...
...scale necessary to crush an overwhelmingly popular uprising. So both sides will maintain the posture of escalation while knowing it won't get them beyond the impasse that sent them to the negotiating table in the first place. But it may take years before they once again confront that reality, and until then hundreds more Palestinian children - and scores more Israelis - may lose a lot more than their eyelashes...