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...Sharon's arm. But effective diplomacy entails the twisting of all available arms, and Lieberman faults the White House for not pressuring the fatuous Europeans and deceitful Arabs "to get the Palestinian leadership to stop the terror." Indeed, the Middle East mess starts with the Arabs, with their state-fed spew of anti-Jewish hatred, with their funding of terrorism, with their unwillingness to recognize Israel's right to exist. Their intransigence has caused the hardening of Israel's heart. There was a moment last year, after the Saudis proposed a peace plan - the return of the occupied territories...
Pitushka struck again midway though the second period while on a 2-on-1 break with sophomore winger Kat Sweet. Sweet fed a cutting Pitushka, who slapped home her second goal of the night at 8:11 to bring the score...
...describe these organisms as hardy would be an understatement. The Dry Valleys are so cold (the mean annual temperature hovers around -5ºF) that glacier-fed streams run no more than six weeks a year, and so arid that what little snow falls turns to vapor almost overnight. Scientists recently reported, however, that sequestered in the 60 ft. of ice that covers one of the largest Dry Valleys lakes, Lake Vida, are dormant but still viable bacteria that have been sealed off from the outside world for some 3,000 years...
...starting line. ?The economy is in a holding pattern because of Iraq,? says Gus Faucher, senior economist at Economy.com. ?The higher price of oil is putting a pinch on fuel-intensive industries, and other businesses are reluctant to invest until some of the uncertainty clears up.? The Fed concurs, explaining Wednesday that its interest-rate hands were tied because ?Oil price premiums and other aspects of geopolitical risk have reportedly fostered continued restraint on spending and hiring by businesses...
...fretting consumers and a driver of consumer spending itself, a big bump elsewhere in the economy in 2003 could be housing's downfall. If stocks roar back this spring, capital inflows could steal from the bond market, pushing up long-term interest rates. Or Alan Greenspan and the Fed could do the same to short-term rates, as a way to hit the brakes on a recovery that is heating up too fast...