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Among Israeli security officials on the new front line, the mood was more sad than indignant. The good relations established over the past three years between soldiers and officers on both sides had been one of the glowing achievements of the peace process. Now that was all in peril. "They were shooting at us like we never made peace, like they never sat with us, like we never laughed together," lamented a young officer in the Gaza Strip. One of the wounded soldiers Netanyahu visited in Jerusalem's Hadassah Hospital told the Prime Minister he recognized the man who shot...
Morris: The Republican Convention sliced 10 points off our lead, from 17 down to 7. It was the only point since January we faced serious peril...
...REPUBLICANS, Aug. 19]. Among the planks I looked at there was a statement arguing for campaign reform; a charge that certain tax-relief proposals were primarily for "those with the largest incomes"; a warning that the use of narcotics, especially the rise in heroin addiction, was a "grave peril to America"; and criticism about the delays in our legal system. Other issues addressed were natural resources in Alaska, the need for increased power for the states and reduction in arms. The platforms I was reviewing dated from 1912 and 1924. The more things change, the more they stay the same...
...assorted varieties of windbag, there is something almost touching in the fact that so many Americans still believe corporate directorship to be a calling requiring such a high level of skill and experience that the inclusion of a woman on a board could put the entire operation in peril...
...constitutional monarch, while Diana would be the charismatic popular symbol. But largely because of the competitive rancor between the heir to the throne and his wife, public acceptance of the monarchy is considerably weaker today than it was even five years ago. While the institution is not in mortal peril, discussion of a republic has become both vigorous and respectable rather than a left-wing fringe topic. The best possible scenario now is a three-act drama: long, long life to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, who is exemplary; a brief reign for Charles, who might...