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...Negotiations have been stalled since the beginning of the year, when Arafat accepted a U.S. compromise proposal over Israeli troop withdrawal from the West Bank and Netanyahu -- to the U.S.'s dismay -- refused. "The only way you get any movement in this process is by setting deadlines," says TIME correspondent Douglas Waller. "But the last time the U.S. set a deadline for the Israelis, it backfired on Clinton because he wasn't prepared to risk a backlash from pro-Israel interests in the U.S. So the real question remains whether the White House is prepared to force the two sides...
Much to Schaeffer's dismay, not one but two Crimson scoring threats, in the form of Foster and junior midfielder Ashley Berman, were waiting on the weak side to field the rebound. Berman struck first, bouncing a second rocket off the body of the beleaguered Schaeffer...
...Finneran (D-Mattapan) burst into the spotlight earlier this summer after almost two-thirds of teacher candidates in Massachusetts failed a newly-imposed state certification exam. The results were staggeringly disappointing, to be sure, but the Speaker chose hyperbole over reasoned dismay, proclaiming the test takers "idiots" and their college diplomas worth the same as "a dirty Kleenex lying in the gutter." His comments set the tone for what continues to be an acrimonious and uninformed debate on the need for improvement in our schools...
...after witnessing only 18 voters cast ballots-an average of three voters per hour since the station's 7 am opening-Willard was expressing dismay...
...recognizing that the lifeblood of Radcliffe is its alumnae base, and realizing that base had been first ignored, then alienated and finally betrayed by vague press releases, Wilson is now working to cater specifically to the constituency that erupted in dismay this spring...