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...international pressure to curb the killers, Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat promised to do all he could to secure an "immediate and unconditional cease-fire." Israel's Cabinet didn't buy it. Prime Minister Ariel Sharon declared his own cease-fire two weeks ago and watched the toll continue to mount. But as observers waited for Sharon's tactical decision on whether to hit back, Sharon was, in fact, rethinking his strategy. His emergency Cabinet meeting Saturday clearly held the Palestinian leader responsible for all attacks and took a significant step toward designating him and his Palestinian Authority as enemies. "Arafat...
...When he chaired the panel, Republican Sen. Orrin Hatch tried to speed up hearings for Bush judicial nominees so Democrats wouldn't have time to collect damaging information on them and mount a counter-offensive. Leahy, who now controls the schedule, will slow it down so Democratic staffers can stockpile more ammunition on conservative nominees before their hearings. Some of Bush's picks who may be targeted...
Current Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's visit to Jerusalem's Temple Mount last September combined with general discontent about the peace process to bring Palestinians out into the streets in protest, leading to a flurry of deaths that virtually ended any chance for a long-awaited peace settlement...
...Knowles initially charged the committee to mount an unofficial review of all undergraduate concentrations. The committee finished its first set of reviews in the fall of 1993 and has continued to review about four concentrations a year, according to EPC member and Professor of Philosophy Richard G. Heck. In addition, all changes to concentration requirements must also be approved...
...strongest memory is in Kodachrome because it actually exists as a three by five picture in my album. This picture shows three young men, one black, one white and one Asian, standing against a backdrop of Mount Baker in Washington State. They—actually we—looked happy, but tired just as one would expect after a days climb...