Word: existence
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Among the rest of the field, candidate Michael Baldasaro will attempt to capitalize on the legacy of his grandfather, the legendary former Mayor Alfred E. Vellucci. Elaine Noble will compete with Triantafillou for whatever "lesbian vote" may exist in the city. And Tom Weed has a strong base in East Cambridge...
These incremental steps are important by themselves because the old enemies are each in effect conceding that the other has the right to exist. Beyond that, Israel is granting the Palestinians the chance to organize politically on parts of what has long been declared the inviolable Land of Israel. In accepting these opening moves, the P.L.O. still insists that the process must eventually lead to creation of an independent Palestinian state. Whether that will happen, and how, are the issues that inspire bright hopes and dark fears among Israelis and Palestinians alike...
...precursor to a greater pan-Arab union. The organization was born in the misery and despair of the teeming refugee camps of the Gaza Strip five years ago, two months after the beginning of the intifadeh. Within three years the fundamentalists that the Israelis had once allowed to exist as a counterbalance to the P.L.O. were outlawed as the most serious security problem in the occupied territories. Hamas' appeal is both social and political. With money from Iran and private Arab benefactors in the gulf, the organization runs clinics and kindergartens -- and candidates for chamber of commerce elections. Preaching radical...
...foes like Bob Bulmash, who runs Private Citizen, an Illinois-based group with 2,500 members. Bulmash puts his members' names on a "Do not call" list that he sends to more than 1,100 telemarketers. Firms that call anyway can expect to be sued. "If privacy doesn't exist in our homes," Bulmash says, "it doesn't exist at + all." The rapid growth of telemarketing promises to test the much maligned industry's respect for privacy over and over again...
...vests from. Kevlar these days is a very hot item. There are bulletproof Kevlar canoes, for example. And water skis. And bicycle tights. (A lie: the Kevlar bike tights, for the moment, are imaginary. But remember, you saw them here first.) The rest of these molecular rarities, however, actually exist at your neighborhood sports store. Bring your platinum card...