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...coasts either. In Denton, Texas, Karen, a mother of two, formed a network to share such experiences as handling the questions her children got at school about why they do not have a dad. This spring near Tama, Iowa, the Iowa Conference of the United Church for Christ will launch Rainbow Family Camp, a weekend retreat for gay families. And this past June saw the debut of the glossy bimonthly And Baby, a magazine for gay and lesbian parents. Many of its articles are the usual child-rearing-magazine fare, but others, like "Finding a Gay-Friendly Physician," deal with...
...consequences" of his actions and limit civilian casualties, but his posture effectively gave the Israelis a green light. White House officials indicated that while the Administration has not abandoned efforts to mediate a truce between the Israelis and the Palestinians, it doesn't plan to restrain Israel or launch any new initiative to halt the violence. "Ultimately," one senior aide told TIME, "we're going to try to ride...
Arab officials who had gathered in Beirut last week said that if the Administration wants to keep its war on terror rolling, the U.S. had better intervene soon--and that, in Arab eyes, means leaning hard on Sharon. Diplomats in the region reacted furiously to Israel's decision to launch its assault on Arafat just as news of the historic Arab offer to normalize relations with Israel broke. On Friday officials from Morocco to Saudi Arabia implored the White House to put the brakes on Sharon's tanks. "People are extremely angry," says one Arab diplomat. "The perception is that...
...they were restoring their honor by fighting the aggressor, by not being helpless victims. Facing a superior Israeli army with its formidable arsenal, they felt morally victorious as the children of the stones became heroes of defiance. While that sense of victory served Arafat as a psychological platform to launch his peace initiative and recognition of Israel, it was the Oslo agreement and the peace process that followed that disillusioned the Palestinians and threw them into a new episode of confrontation. The reluctance of Israeli governments to implement promised withdrawals from Palestinian land, and then the catastrophic failure...
...other business, the council narrowly voted to launch a trial period for the long-awaited “U-Card,” which can be used to purchase items from around Harvard Square at a discount, over the objections of members who felt the card would not be popular...