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At 17, as a result of the 1947 United Nation’s (U.N.) vote to partition Palestine, my grandmother had to flee her country in order to escape violence and persecution. -Climbing over rooftops to avoid notice, my grandmother left her family and risked her life to cross the...

Author: By Danielle R. Sassoon | Title: The Forgotten Refugees | 4/23/2008 | See Source »

Following Israel’s stunning 1967 military victory in six days against six Arab states bent on its destruction, then-Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Dayan waited for the proverbial phone to ring, only to be disappointed that his Arab counterparts still clung to their bellicose calls to ?...

Author: By Gabriel M. Scheinmann | Title: Hamas Must End the Boycott | 4/21/2008 | See Source »

Of course, worst-case scenarios don't always come true. Anderson, the UBS economist, isn't overly pessimistic. But he sees China's export growth rate falling from about 25% a year to single digits by mid-2008. "2008 will likely be the year manufacturers [are] finally forced to take...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: China's At-Risk Factories | 4/17/2008 | See Source »

In 1991, nine days after they concluded their deliberations, a jury of Daniel Rakowitz’ peers determined that he, a part-time cook and “professional marijuana-guru” living in Manhattan’s East Village, was mentally ill and thus was not accountable for...

Author: By Ruben L. Davis, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Artists and Anarchy in NYC: The Forlorn Future of Living in the City | 4/17/2008 | See Source »

There is a famous saying, attributed alternately to Oscar Wilde and George Bernard Shaw, that goes: “If you’re going to tell people the truth, you’d better make them laugh; otherwise they’ll kill you.” For South...

Author: By Mark A. Vanmiddlesworth, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Uy's 'Erections' Pokes Fun at Politics | 4/17/2008 | See Source »

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