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...adhere to past peace accords signed by Israel and the Palestinians. And yet Hamas still gained support, largely because Abbas failed to rid himself of the corrupt officials that had turned the Fatah movement into a band of gangsters and mercenaries. To Palestinians, Hamas seemed disciplined and more honest, and Palestinians blamed the U.S. and Israel, not the Islamists, for the boycott's miseries. Meanwhile, Hamas sought and received backing from two of Israel's chief nemeses, Iran and Syria...
...translation of which bears the weirdly exculpatory title In the Eye of the Storm - Waldheim had simply skipped over his three years of military service in the Balkans. I couldn't fathom how anyone's experiences in a time and place like that could fail to figure in any honest account of a life. When Waldheim made a point of showing me that he was reading Thomas Keneally's Schindler's List - the movie had been released there just a week or so before our interview - I developed a strong sense that we'd talked long enough...
...honest, I didn’t really think about what they had done and what they had decided, because for everybody it’s an individual choice,” Wilson said. “I knew that completing school was possible, even though it’s going to be a semester late, and I liked that they had tested the waters on that because there’s no way I would walk away from finishing up my degree...
...your best and do it in the most honest way you can,” Starr said. “And no matter when you get the opportunity to choose, choose love...
Your article on the growing number ofcheating students reported that 67% of respondents to a survey admitted to having cheated. I can imagine that many readers opened their eyes wide in surprise, but we students did not. Even the most honest straight-A students will succumb to the pressure of cheating more than once in their academic career. Students will always stay three steps ahead of administrators in this game. Schools should go after repeat cheaters rather than one-time cheaters. And perhaps teachers should spend less time being worried about the honesty of their students and spend more...