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Here we go again. After late-December market action suggested that a decent rally was gaining steam, the stock market appears to be returning to its November queasiness...
Those We Lost in 2008 You describe the late Charlton Heston as a "figure of epic contradictions," citing his marching with Martin Luther King Jr. in the '60s and his leading the National Rifle Association in the '90s [Dec. 29]. I fail to see any contradiction. The man consistently fought in important and not entirely risk-free ways for the rights and dignity of individuals. John Loosemore, HANCOCK, MICH...
...there are other reasons women keep working - and in all the furore over Dati, the possibility that she may have wanted to get back to work has been discounted altogether. Like Dati I came to motherhood late, in 2006, with little idea of how to manage a career while nurturing a new baby. Some friends, and even my own mother, questioned my choices - including my decision to resume heading off on far-flung assignments when my son was three months old, leaving him with his more-than-capable father. Yet the choice was mine - as it is for many friends...
...some ways, it already has. There have been 55 acts of violence or aggression against Jewish individuals or installations in France since the Israeli offensive on Gaza began in late December, according to the Union of French Jewish Students. This week began with firebomb attacks on synagogues in the suburbs of Paris and Strasbourg. Similar fire-bombings or attempted arson have occurred in Sweden, Britain and Belgium. Three ethnic Arab students in Paris were attacked by seven alleged members of the Jewish Defense League. (The JDL denied any involvement.) French Interior Minister Michèle Alliot-Marie this week responded...
...catering to Israel (Cairo had just played host to Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni). The Hamas source commented pessimistically, "We're 100% sure that Israel won't accept our demands, but let's see how far the Egyptians get with them." Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert held a late-night meeting with his advisers to brief envoy Amos Gilad, who flies to Cairo Thursday for talks with the Egyptians. (See pictures of Israeli soldiers sweeping into Gaza...