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...legend has come to an end, and it’s time to think of someone who can fill his shoes. Arafat had a miraculous ability to unite all Palestinians despite their differences. The secular, the religious, the leftist, the rightist, the capitalist and the Marxist all had different problems and conflicts of interests with each other and with Arafat. But at the end of the day all came and acknowledged his authority. Arafat to Palestinians, was like God to monotheists. They may all differ in the way they go about their daily lives, the way they solve their problems...
...holiday has a complex history. It was originally founded in prehispanic Mexico to honor the dead and children, but, since then, has flourished under many different permutations. As a result, observances differ remarkably by region and levels of urbanization...
...still faces a plummeting image in the Muslim world that is unlikely to improve so long as U.S. forces are embroiled in combat in Iraq and Palestinian aspirations for statehood are unfulfilled. Here too the candidates' positions differ only in degree: Kerry says, if elected, he would appoint an envoy to the Middle East to restart the peace process, but like Bush, he backs Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's refusal to negotiate a permanent settlement while Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat remains in power...
...with familial love. Both parties, of course, agree on this point. But what I am interested in are the dimensions of the views from the inside, whose measurements are similar across the dividing lines of identities. So while the lived experiences of black/Muslim/Jewish/Latino/Asian/queer/female residents of the United States differ in qualitatively significant ways, something remains constant for all of us. For Harvard students who are members of so-called “minority groups,” what are our options...
...another company pick up the slack? Not right away. Flu vaccines differ from year to year, depending on which influenza strains are circulating. It takes three to four months to culture the right flu viruses in chicken eggs. Aventis may ramp up production, but the next batch wouldn't be available until February or March...