Word: eman
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Netanyahu did stick to his first choice on some appointments. Ya'acov Ne'eman, a close personal associate and eminent private lawyer who is a Likud outsider, is his Justice Minister. The new Defense Minister is Yitzhak Mordechai, a retired general and newcomer to government with no known political views, who cleaved to Netanyahu throughout the campaign. Overall, the Cabinet includes both hard-liners, such as Agricultural Minister Rafael Eitan, a former chief of staff, and moderates, including Meridor and Foreign Minister David Levy, who returns to the post he held from 1988 to 1992 in the last Likud government...
...real, is still too small to have much effect. That doesn't mean it won't happen in the future, though. Hurricanes might not be more frequent in a hotter world, but they could be more intense. The upper limit on wind velocities should increase, M.I.T. atmospheric scientist Kerry Eman uel calculates, perhaps as much as 40 m.p.h. over their current top speed of about 180. And while major urban centers won't be battered by winds at the top of the range any more than they are today, there would be a rise in potential danger...