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...they're prosperous middle class Ashkenazis (Jews of European origin) they tend to vote Labor; and if they're from the ranks of the aggrieved, disadvantaged Jews who came to Israel from Arab countries, they vote Likud." The balance between those communities underpins the deadlock of Israeli politics, and none of the new centrist parties looks likely to bridge that divide...
...latest charges, there was one thing she could focus on to the exclusion of whatever she was thinking about her husband, it was her hatred of Starr. She was predisposed to view Clinton as more victim than villain because she has always taken his enemies seriously, and none more so than the prosecutor who had questioned her integrity, made her run the gauntlet of cameras to testify before a Washington grand jury, implicated her in every alleged White House misdeed. "This is a fight that she is goddam well not going to lose," said a former top White House official...
Unquestionably, McGwire's feats of 1998 were granted a deeper dimension by the presence of his confederate, the ecstatic Sammy Sosa. Here was a joyous, ebullient counterpoint to McGwire's more sedate self. From the moment in midspring that Sosa launched a sudden torrent of home runs like none ever seen in baseball history--he hit 20 in June alone--the two men were flawlessly scripted antagonists cast in the same play. This was rapture vs. gravity, spontaneity vs. self-restraint, Latin brio vs. California cool. Their collision seemed inevitable; yet what ensued was less a crash than...
Iraqis have learned to be surprised by none of the disasters that two wars, a dictatorial regime and an American enemy have dealt them for two decades. They accept almost everything, not given to frantic preparation in the face of another frightening challenge. Yet they were startled by the suddenness of this latest trial. A few days ago, Baghdadis were worrying about which four hours of the day they would go without electricity...
...company's most visible asset, and he's talking about retiring. And not one official will say what he's worth. Not at CBS, the parent. Not at Merrill Lynch, the underwriter. Not Stern himself, whose sidekicks block any call not having to do with body parts. And none will say how long he's under contract, even though that question came up during Infinity's "road show," where big investors get to ask such things...