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...August to start using cartridges tipped with plastic to break up riots in the occupied territories, Palestinian casualties in Gaza alone have leaped from about 20 in July to more than 170 in September. At close range, the bullets can even kill. Not surprisingly, Rabin's latest gambit to crush the intifadeh has provoked yet another round of criticism from abroad and from Israel's far left, which charges Rabin with excessive brutality. But it has also raised a disturbing new question: Are Israeli leaders turning up the violence against Palestinians as a way of pandering to voters before Israel...
...Crimson Crush: Harvard's defensive line, led by Captain Don Peterson, dominated the battle of the trenches. The Crimson sacked the Lions' trio of quarterbacks eight times. Since its last win over Columbia, Harvard has sacked opposing passers 48 times...
...growing modern center of a booming economy. But then Seoul might be best described as high-tech with a human face. Computerized machines give out bus information in the shopping center of Myongdong -- only to be obscured by a million people passing through the narrow streets in a carnival crush each day. Commuters march through the shiny, streamlined passageways of the city hall subway station at rush hour, serenaded by the psychedelic frenzy of the Doors singing Light My Fire. Even the demonstrations that have become the city's most celebrated feature abroad are stylized rites of disorder, public performances...
...barriers to progress. After returning from their summer jaunts, many travelers are looking back in anger at odysseys through potholed streets, jam-packed freeways, bottlenecked bridges and overstuffed airports. Now they face another season of grinding commutes: in many U.S. cities, the rush hour has grown into a hellish crush that lasts virtually from sunup till sundown. For U.S. businesses, the meter is running. Companies are losing money as employees fritter away their hours in a transportation standstill. Messengers fail to deliver important documents on time. Sales representatives miss their plane connections and are unable to show...
...demands are more ambitious, but they are also perhaps more cynical. Most especially, they are deeply aware of human rights." In addition, they are the first generation of protesters to come of age when a Soviet leader supports at least a limited degree of reform instead of schemes to crush...