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Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin of Israel is buried today in the hills of Jerusalem. He was born in Jerusalem and he fought there twice, securing its peace and that of Israel. As he is lowered into the hard and hallowed earth, an Israeli flag draped over his pine-wood casket, Rabin is not alone. A part of the state is buried with...
...died in the service"--and then he pauses--"of the U.N." After the moans and boos of the crowd subside, he continues: "I tell you, when I get to that Oval Office, never again will young Americans be sent into battle except under American officers and under the American flag...
...season with only 144. What made their record even more remarkable is that during spring training in 1993, the team had to regroup after the tragic deaths of two of their pitchers, Tim Crews and Steve Olin, in a boating accident. So when the Indians raised the division championship flag after clinching the American League Central on Sept. 8, manager Mike Hargrove made sure they played the Garth Brooks song The Dance--the same song played at the memorial service for the pitchers...
...still sincere to the issue of just and comprehensive peace in the region," the Tishrin daily said. "Syria will persist with this path regardless of this or that incident." In Lebanon, many cheered Rabin's death. Palestinian refugees forced over the past several decades from Israel burned the Israeli flag and an effigy of the Israeli Prime Minister even as he was buried. Mohammed Zahhar, a leader of Hamas, told an Associated Press reporter in Gaza: "He practiced all forms of violence against us. I'm joyful because he was punished...
...terms of success, setting the agenda for ensuing debate. Whenever major constitutional changes are made in any self-respecting nation, a supermajority is required: two-thirds, 75 percent, unanimity. In the United States, 75 percent of the states must ratify any constitutional amendment, no matter how inconsequential (like flag-burning or prohibition), for it to take effect. In Canada, a constitutional amendment requires seven of the 10 provinces' ratification...