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...East.) While Dr. Rice's comments in this respect have been well-received, the tough policy choices required to achieve the goal of ending the conflict may yet prove disappointing to allies. Peace between Israel and the Palestinians is not simply about an absence of fighting; it's about drawing a political boundary between the two sides in order to create two states. The conflict is fundamentally about land and who owns and controls it, and to simply note that it's up to the two sides to agree on where to draw such a border misses the reality that...
...commission official predicts about half will actually cast a ballot. That kind of turnout would be acceptable, but analysts are worried that the new legislature won't adequately reflect Iraq's ethnic composition. The assembly will select a new Prime Minister and President but, more important, will also draw up a new constitution. If Sunnis don't vote in sufficient numbers--an official with a nongovernmental organization in Baghdad says that a Sunni turnout of "under 50% becomes a problem"--the drafting of the constitution will be dominated by Shi'ite Muslims. And that would further alienate Sunnis and embolden...
...while Britain and Germany rely on existing protections. The Dignity at Work Partnership, a $3.4 million government-backed project launched late last October by Amicus, the U.K. employees' union, is also trying to tackle the problem. With the help of dozens of British firms, Amicus aims to draw up a voluntary charter establishing what companies expect from employees - and how they'll punish wrongdoers. Truffet-Lefebvre, now happy at another firm, would surely approve. "It took someone who talked nicely to me to realize that I wasn't a bad employee," she says...
...Price toy? Either way, it is hard to question the pedigree of Symphony Painter, a new kind of electronic music software designed for the Color Pixter electronic sketchpad. The brainchild of M.I.T. professor Tod Machover, Symphony Painter ($20; fisher-price.com Color Pixter sold separately) combines visual arts and music: you draw a picture and then press the triangular play button to hear a musical interpretation of your artwork. Experienced musicians might predict some outcomes: lines curving up tend to produce increasingly higher pitches, and parallel lines generate harmonies. Different colors represent different instruments' melodic riffs or percussion beats, and the stylus...
...institutions--providing its Yves veggie burgers as part of the McVeggie at select McDonald's locations and working with Sesame Street on co-branded Earth's Best products. Earth's Best baby food is seen as a key to the company's success for its ability to draw in mainstream shoppers willing to pay a premium for organic food for their little ones...