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...presidential word is exhaustively scrutinized, Bush appeared to signal a step further toward Israel's position when he said Palestinians must adopt democratic reforms and stop the violence before Israel had to quit expanding its settlements in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Before, Bush said settlement activity should halt as a first step toward progress...
...HAVEN—Yale University threatened to grind to a halt yesterday morning, as thousands of unionized Yale workers—including graduate student teaching assistants (TAs)—went on strike...
...some light entertainment, the Harvard protesters were dismayed to find that said driver’s choice was none other than a classic piece of “might is right” American cultural imperialism, Air Force One. After facing problems with the bus slowing to a near-halt on the way down to New York earlier the same day—causing the group to almost miss the rally—tired and worn-out HIPJ members had only the strength to be wearily amused by the Harrison Ford action flick. “A heroic president fighting...
...book, there are people both at Harvard and in Boston who wish to keep Dante from the public. Work on the translation comes to a halt when a series of murders resembling scenes from Dante’s Inferno takes place...
...number of jobs created in China barely keeps up with the armies of workers laid off by failing enterprises?and angry, laid-off workers are the biggest threat to the country's stability. Sichuan has seen its fair share of trouble: last June, traffic in Chengdu came to a halt on two occasions when workers held a protest about unpaid salaries; in September, 800 oil refinery workers in Chongqing demonstrated over paltry severance payments...