Word: doron
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Talk to the people who were already inclined to read omens in the headlines, and you hear their excitement, even eagerness to see what happens next. "We sense we are very close to something apocalyptic, but that something positive will come out of it," says Doron Schneider, an Evangelical based in Jerusalem. "It's like a woman having labor pains. A woman can feel this pain reaching its height when the child is born--and then doesn't feel the pain anymore, only the joy of the happy event." Even the horror of Sept. 11 was experienced differently by people...
...domestic concerns." In this view, Evangelical support reflects many factors: shared security interests, a desire to atone for past persecution of Jews, and deep, shared roots in the Book of Genesis. "Our primary motivation comes from the biblical verses that say he who blesses Israel will be blessed," says Doron Schneider of the International Christian Embassy in Jerusalem. "We see ourselves as part of the fulfillment of the prophecy, but we are not causing it to happen...
...research bolsters the case for cash payouts. Doron Nissim and Amir Ziv, business professors at Columbia, have found that when a company raises its dividend, profits go up for the next four years. On average, says Nissim, "when you see companies increasing their dividends, you should expect higher returns in the future." So when a firm cuts its dividend, as Daimler-Chrysler did last week, it can raise a warning flag...
...little before sunset on a Friday evening, the sound of Brahms fills the cavernous First Presbyterian Church in New Canaan, Conn. Doron and Hilary Ben-Ami, with their two children Juliet, 12, and Jake, 9, are among several families walking--slowly, shoeless and single file--through an elaborate, 40-ft.-wide labyrinth, painted in purple and white on canvas. Doron is the first to the center, where he is joined by his wife and kids. They sit together for several long minutes in meditation, then get up and walk the pathway out. "It's really relaxing, and I also love...
...maternal grandfather is George Raad, a Boston cardiologist and internationally known Palestinian advocate. The death of a little boy so prominently connected offers a chance for some effective anti-Israel propaganda. To neutralize that very thing, Colonel Daniel Yizhar of West Bank security briefs Lieutenant Doron on what will be the official army version of the checkpoint episode. The story is mostly accurate but omits, Doron notes, the long period he spent on the phone waiting for an answer. He refuses to go along. "You believe nothing bad happened," he tells Yizhar. "I believe we killed a baby...