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...years ago, it seemed as if the bitter history of bloodshed between Israelis and Palestinian Arabs would continue indefinitely. But today, though some disagreements are still unresolved, a partial settlement has been reached. Peace now seems to be more than a futile dream. Arafat deserves praise for the peace agreement he helped to broker. He also deserves credit for cracking down on Hamas and trying to end the carnage in Israel...
...special treatment afforded U.S. service members is symbolic of a deeper problem. The bases represent the latest face of the hard fate that Okinawa has endured since the once independent kingdom, the heart of the Ryukyu island chain, was annexed by Japan in 1879. The Japanese then tried with partial success to exterminate the local culture and language. Toward the end of World War II, 150,000 local people--nearly a third of the population--and 12,520 U.S. troops and 100,000 Japanese soldiers died there in the bloodiest of the campaigns in the Pacific...
Michelle Surette, 49, of Medford, formerly Michelle Pittman, received a suspended sentence of 2 and 1/2 years in prison and is required to perform 500 hours of community service and to make a partial restitution, according to the court documents...
Astronauts retrieved the $25 million Wake Shield satellite today following its troubled 3-day flight. Plagued by various mechanical failures, the mission nonetheless was a partial success, NASA says, yielding four pieces of space-grown semiconductor film cultivated in the perfect vacuum of the satellite's wake. If further experimentation proves that film manufactured in space is superior to earthbound production, these materials may be a boon in the design of faster computers...
...think of yourself as taking Harvard Sports 101 in addition to your other course load. Here, then, is a partial syllabus of must-sees (any other events are optional but recommended nonetheless...