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Sheik Achmed Yassin is no martyr. Under his spiritual leadership, Hamas has slaughtered innocent civilians in the internecine conflict in Israel, banking on the notion that fear is a fine way to win hearts and minds. Terrorists in all countries should be tirelessly resisted, their plots foiled, their goals frustrated, their members apprehended, their supporters pried away. Yet even so, we must oppose the recent Israeli assassination of Yassin, along with all other assassinations by all sovereign governments. The rule of law is the most potent weapon in the arsenal of democratic countries, and it, not missile strikes...
...while the council’s decision will greatly benefit many Harvard students, making it truly valuable in that regard, some of the other stated motives for the policy are suspect. To lighten the burden of class rings on student wallets is a fine goal, to be sure, but to do so in an attempt to increase the number of buyers is vile. Class rings are the icons of a decadent class of well-to-do college students; the council is foolish to advocate increasing their sales for the ludicrous purpose of promoting community among seniors. The community of class...
...these liabilities, though, walking yields real pleasure. There’s something primal about it: the extension of the long muscles of your thighs, the swing of your knee’s hinge, the kick at the apex of your stride, the roll of your foot’s fine, differentiated bones against the pavement. Walking allows you to think: Charles Dickens, I read once, often walked 20 miles a day and would come back brimming with new characters, dialogue and melodrama. And Dickens did it in the days before really comfortable footwear. Too, walking provides a friendly view...
...airborne office. Once considered solidly Republican, Ohio is now up for grabs in the presidential election, thanks to its having lost more than 250,000 jobs in the past three years. But Bush had dived into his internal Ohio polls, and he reassured LaTourette that the water was fine. "My numbers are great," Bush told the Congressman. "I'm going to connect with those people. I do care about them and their situation." To top it all off, Bush had a surprise in store. That afternoon he would finally nominate someone to fill the new job of manufacturing czar, which...
...more we get the feeling that the superficially omnicompetent Jerry is totally unequipped to deal with pain--his own, he represses; that of others, he ignores. There's not an unkind bone in his body, but he's deeply passive and just wants everybody to pretend things are fine, and the fact that he can call himself on it isn't helping him change. "I'm one to leap up from the mat to aid all manner of strangers and tourists and other wide-eyed foreigners," he admits, "but when it comes to loved ones and family I can hardly...