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...Hamas government, which was sworn in last week--by videophone because Israel refused to let Hamas officials travel between the West Bank and Gaza. Israel refuses to talk with Hamas until the militants disarm and abandon their vow to destroy Israel. And Hamas leaders are incensed by one facet of Olmert's plan: if Hamas refuses to accept Israel, the Israelis will draw up permanent borders unilaterally. "Why should we recognize Israel," asks Aziz Dweik, Hamas' new Palestinian Assembly Speaker, "when Israel won't recognize our existence...
...shop stalls. Pitliya Jewellers has a table with a plastic washbasin filled with pearls. Jain families?members of an ascetic religious group that observes strict dietary rules?run the businesses; Muslims are the expert craftsmen. Later I notice a poster of Mecca in a workshop where four men facet lemon quartz in a weird green glow. Gauri Shankar Dangayach, production manager of one of Gem Palace's cutting units, leads De Taillac down several side streets with open gutters and into one of a dozen look-alike buildings. We go up the labyrinthine stairs and suddenly arrive in a tidy...
...champion.” Summers' managerial failing was not that he tried to empower the Right or defeat political correctness; rather, it was that he wasn’t afraid to say he knew best to a collection of entrenched, intelligent professors. Students loved this facet of Summers because we agreed with what he was saying for the most part, especially about the improvement of undergraduate education. But even the most visionary leader has to be willing to compromise and play the political game some of the time. It’s easy to fault the Faculty as a body...
Another key facet of the contest for Harvard was its perimeter defense. It held the Lions to 6-of-24 three-point shooting, including an abysmal 3-for-19 mark from its starters...
Especially frustrating was the absence of an English translation for Darweesh’s lyrics: the program made note of Darweesh’s advocacy for Egyptian women and the working class in his songs, but only Arabic speakers were able to enjoy that facet of the music...