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...Salvador moved in to fill his spot. He quickly hit homers in back-to-back games and the job became his. Though he continues to provide flexibility on defense—last year, he saw time at all four infield positions—first base has become his de-facto home...
Unfortunately, under pressure from the U.S., Israel has decided to allow Arafat out of his shattered compound in Ramallah where he has been holed up with fellow terrorists, among others, since the Israeli invasion of the de facto Palestinian capital a month ago. This decision was an unfortunate one by Israel. By allowing Arafat out of his cage, he will be able to continue directing terrorist activities and postponing even longer the time when his people will have a state of their...
...whose enforcement powers any cease-fire would rest. The Israelis are unlikely to tolerate a power vacuum in towns they characterize as hotbeds of terrorism, and that may leave them inclined to maintain security control - from their "buffer zones" - over the major West Bank cities, creating a de facto reoccupation that turns the clock back a decade to the pre-Oslo...
...educational separation and political disenfranchisement. The result was the continuation of the socio-economic subordination of African-Americans in American society. After the Supreme Court’s decision in Brown v. Board of Education, the system of discrimination enforced by law was transformed into institutional forms of de facto discrimination that have continued to depress the status of black Americans. Beyond mere history, it is this continuing and on-going legacy of harm from slavery that is at the core of the case for reparations...
...threatened U.S. interests throughout the region. It quickly became clear, also, that Sharon viewed the Palestinian Authority itself as part of the "infrastructure of terror" that he planned to destroy, which would leave behind no Palestinian security arm capable of policing a cease-fire and therefore result in de facto Israeli reoccupation of the West Bank towns - an eventuality for which the Bush administration would have paid a heavy, and long-term diplomatic price. And so, a week ago, President Bush found himself forced to change course. He urged the Palestinians, once again, to end terrorism but this time...