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...coincidence that the number of joint attacks has grown at the same time Arafat's popularity and authority have sunk to new lows. Since the Authority has never allowed much room for internal dissent, the joint operations have become a new outlet through which to criticize and embarrass Arafat. "We in Fatah are the ones who shouldered the burden of the peace project," says a West Bank security official, citing the group's work in building Authority institutions. "But in spite of what we have suffered, Arafat doesn't listen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Arafat's Dance Of Death | 12/24/2001 | See Source »

...first to fall under this legislation. It has never before been used, but the administration is already beginning to clamp down on the information it may provide. We worry that Bush’s executive order may be designed more to prevent the release of information that could embarrass officials with connections to the administrations of Reagan and Bush Sr. than to prevent a breach of national security...

Author: By The CRIMSON Staff, | Title: Don't Hide the Truth | 11/14/2001 | See Source »

...from Fort Lauderdale, Fla., to New York City but didn't have his papers with him. After the traveler's lawyer faxed a copy of his business visa, an INS agent let him board the plane with one final plea: "I hope you are not a terrorist. Don't embarrass...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Immigration and Naturalization Service: Borderline Competent? | 10/29/2001 | See Source »

...northern Gaza, and gun battles continue. That alone may be enough to keep the different Palestinian factions from letting their differences go too far. In the end, they are more likely to remain united for their immediate struggle against the Israelis - even though those ongoing battles sometimes embarrass Arafat also...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Palestinian Civil War? | 10/9/2001 | See Source »

Worse, our TVs continued to operate, revealing just how psychologically entwined Montanans are with distant urban centers. Though the fact might embarrass some rugged individualists, the Western outback is satellite-TV country; normal transmissions can't make it between the mountains. There's a dish on every cabin, every ranch house. And since the service that many other people and I use features network affiliates from New York City but not a single station from the West, the bad news from Manhattan was local news. Electronics trumped geography. To feel separate from the horror was impossible, and there were times...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Our Coyotes Never Sounded So Loud | 10/8/2001 | See Source »

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