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Along with yesterday's double-bombing attack in Israel will come condemnations and reaffirmation that the peace process must continue. However, along with this necessary and important reaction, we must stop a moment and think about what has been happening. Have we really become so habituated to this pattern of terrible and outraging acts that have already claimed the lives of so many that it has become just that, a pattern...
...review the pattern: a bomb explodes on a civilian bus, leaving dozens of people wounded and killed. The Israeli government and the Palestinian Authority condemn the act. The occupied territories are then sealed off while the country recovers and the victims are mourned...
Dean of the College Harry R. Lewis '68 acknowledges that if this case falls into the pattern of student embezzlement formed over the last two years, "there may be practical things that can be done to make it harder [to write checks out of organizations' treasuries...
...Forbes has managed to avoid any hand-to-hand combat, it may be because it's a skill he has practiced all his life. As rivals and reporters dig through his biography and professional record, a pattern that emerges is a gift for conflict avoidance. Being rich, to start with, provides a lot of cushion. Forbes' Princeton friend Chris Leach recalls the day in 1970 when he borrowed Forbes' brand-new, bright orange Mercury Cougar XR-7 to make a pizza run--and totaled it. When Steve found out, Leach recalls, "he just looked at me and said...
...Jones industrial average closed up 2.17 points, reaching a new high of 5,541.62, a fifth straight record for Wall Street's best-known indicator. The Dow slid to minus 26 on computer driven selling around noon, but maintained its pattern of rallying into the close, which has prevailed all week. Trading volume was heavy at 476.64 million shares. The NYSE composite index rose 0.29 to 349.44, the Standard & Poor's 500-stock index rose 0.30 to 656.37, and the Nasdaq composite rose 1.43 to 1,094.60. All three indexes broke Thursday's records. It was the sixth straight record...