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...trust forged between Rabin and Arafat, the "final status" issues currently on the table were considered too contentious to tackle. But instead of building the trust and confidence of both sides in the peace process, the last five years of incremental agreements and breakdowns has, in fact, increased mutual suspicion and hostility. That's left issues such as Palestinian statehood, the status of Jerusalem, the future of Israeli settlers on the West Bank and the rights of Palestinian refugees abroad to be finalized in a less-than-conducive atmosphere...
...they are friends again. They have bonded over mutual horror at the high-profile violence of the past year, beginning with the Shepard murder and culminating in September, when seven Christian young people were murdered at a Baptist church in Fort Worth, Texas. "Columbine, Paducah, the Gaithers, the Shepards, we don't like any of that," Falwell told TIME. It sounds a little odd to compare school shootings in Colorado and Kentucky with anti-gay slayings, but over the past few years, evangelical Christians have begun to see themselves as victims, just as many gays do. Conservative Christians have lost...
...installment plan. Starting in mid-November, even the smallest investors will be able to buy partial shares of some 300 heavily traded stocks on Sharebuilder.com With no minimum required to open an account or make a trade, this site is geared for beginners--i.e., mutual-fund investors curious about stock picking or kids just cracking open their piggy banks--and charges only $2 a purchase ($1 for kids) and $20 a sale...
...MUTUAL-FUND TAX DODGE On average, domestic mutual funds lose 2.5% of their total returns to capital-gains taxes, and few companies advertise their aftertax performance. Vanguard has become the first big firm to do so; others may follow. Until then, tax-minded investors--those investing outside an IRA or 401(k)--can find about 30 funds that are actively managed to minimize the tax hit. Here are a few top performers...
...strong Evangelical Protestant base. Wednesday-night Club is its accessible first level; the second is Camp, a $500, one-week stay at a Young Life facility. The third is Campaigners, a small group that convenes at the Adams' home Fridays at 6 a.m. for prayer, fellowship and mutual exhortation: to bring new kids to Club. Of tonight's hearty choristers, Adams estimates, 120 will end up trying Camp. Of those, he predicts, "probably 70% will give their life to Christ...