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...Zora Neale Hurston lamented the attacks of those who would scapegoat the black underclass: "My people! My people! From the earliest rocking of my cradle days, I have heard this cry go up from Negro lips. It is forced outward by pity, scorn and hopeless resignation. It is called forth by the observations of one class of Negro on the doings of another branch of the brother in black...
...economy, the President really has no control over it. But Alan Greenspan says (and many economists agree) that America's huge budget deficits will leave the economy wobbling. Those deficits are largely the result of Bush's policies-tax cuts, wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, and so forth. If these actions leave the economy in a weakened state, I have to conclude that the President does, in fact, have significant control over the economy. Richard Wilhelm Port Angeles...
...Guys popped their rifles at them, and they fired back at us. By then I was ready with my light machine gun, and I turned loose a couple of bursts, and they gave it back with an MG42, and we just traded for a couple of bursts back and forth. I took the Jerry out of there. There wasn't any more noise from him. We moved on after that...
...debacle, state officials began searching for new methods to facilitate voting and thus prevent another contentious election. Following California’s lead, many states began the transition from traditional punch card ballots to touch screen systems; yet, since the start of the switchover, many critics have come forth claiming that current systems are insufficiently equipped to stave off the threat of malfunction or manipulation. Therefore, many are calling for a paper trail, or “ballot receipts,” to ensure that in the event of a close or contested election, officials will have evidence...
...idea of withdrawing first from Gaza was originally put forth by former Foreign Minister Shimon Peres, who envisaged such an arrangement emerging in negotiations with the Palestinian Authority as a first step toward a comprehensive peace deal based on the 1967 borders. Sharon, however, developed his own version that cut the Palestinians out the equation altogether, and envisaged the Gaza withdrawal as an alternative to proceeding with the U.S.-backed "roadmap" toward a comprehensive settlement. Sharon has insisted that the Palestinian Authority, led by Yasser Arafat, is not an acceptable interlocutor, and therefore that there is no Palestinian partner with...