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...Hollywood, the land of make-believe, will probably always produce tormented characters dazzled by the lights and cameras. And just as surely, it will produce new generations of therapists finding new ways to reclaim reality from the glitter of stardom...
...phone with its writers and jotting notes while glancing at an incoming e-mail on her BlackBerry, motioning signals to her assistant and firing off an instant message to a studio exec. "Here's how bad it is," she confesses. "When I'm flying, right before the plane lands, before the seat-belt sign goes on, I get the BlackBerry out and put it in front of me in the seat-back compartment. That way I can turn it on as soon as I land and see that little light flashing...
...believe that Israel can somehow hold onto all the territories. Sharon came to accept the Labor argument that it is impossible for Israel to rule over millions of Arabs indefinitely and still remain a democracy with a Jewish majority. But Labor's efforts to negotiate a division of the land with the Palestinians have failed. Sharon may have found a third way: draw the line yourself and see what happens. If his successors in his new party Kadima have a chance to try it out, the success of the venture will define a unique political legacy for Sharon. If they...
...legacies, perhaps of equal importance: a military legacy of conventional audacity and innovative anti-terrorism, and a diplomatic legacy of flexibility and openness toward Palestinians. But absent Palestinian reciprocity, it was a policy of unilateralism. Sharon departed from the Israeli paradigm?historically characterized by capturing a chunk of land and demanding, for its return, negotiations and recognition of Israel as a legitimate state. He called for a viable Arab partner with whom to negotiate. The acceptance of that shift by the nation's majority is a legacy?and unique to the Kadima Party, which is why I think...
...someone who had built the settlements and also been tough on terror and never willing to "compromise on Israeli security" could have taken on the settler constituency in Israel. His main legacy will be that Israel will make its future choices based not on the biblical vision of the land of Israel but on the practical needs of the Israeli people...