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...Haas added that he is not sure if this was a major factor in this year’s flare-up of violence, and also pointed out that maintaining enough prisons, which are often already overcrowded, can be expensive and impractical...
...firefighters continued to pour water into the charred interior of the church late yesterday afternoon to prevent possible flare-ups, church members lingered outside the building to share hugs and distribute bags of chips...
Somewhere between 12 and 2 – Kirkland House Drama means more than just the unapologetic vulgarization of Shakespeare and Neil Simon plays. Harvard formals are sort of like proms, and just like in high school, sometimes tempers flare and feelings get hurt. Says one Kirklander and prominent member of The Crimson: “I’m too hammered and dateless for this...
...Mideast violence in recent years have produced a similar effect in France, which is home to Europe's largest Muslim and Jewish communities - populations of around 6 million and 350,000, respectively. The 936 anti-Semitic acts reported in 2002 and the 974 two years later coincided with flare-ups between Israel and Palestine. Those peaks - and perception among many Jews in France and abroad that French authorities had displayed insufficient concern or reaction - led Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon in 2004 to denounce the "spread of the wildest anti-Semitism" in France. The only answer for French Jews, Sharon...
...There's little doubt that this flare-up - like Berlusconi's various romps on the world stage - reinforces rather than changes the opinions that Italians have of him, whether they're fans or foes. Paradoxically, the potency of Lario's critiques only highlights the weakness of Italy's center-left opposition, the futility of magistrates' failed attempts to send Berlusconi to jail on corruption allegations and the desperation of graying allies waiting in vain for him to step aside. Berlusconi's grip on power, in other words, is stronger than ever. (Read "Why Berlusconi Loves a Good Gaffe...