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...with Israel's vastly superior military. The response from across Israel's northern border is far more likely to come in the form of escalated Hezbollah strikes. The guerrilla movement uses a Lebanese claim to the Shebaa Farms district (not recognized by the United Nations) as a pretext to persist with attacks on Israeli forces there. In reality, however, Hezbollah's actions are more of an expression of solidarity with the Palestinians - on its own part as well as on the part of Iran, Hezbollah's primary backer - and their ability to hurt the Israelis has always constituted a form...
...Well, the current showdown will certainly embolden politicians who reject the One China policy. And the Taiwanese could capitalize on this incident to justify its request for upgraded U.S. arms. There's a large strategic ambiguity in One China, but I think Washington has no real alternative but to persist with that ambiguity - maintaining the balance between the two sides, but refraining from giving Taiwan the impression that they have carte blanche to take more adventurist paths to independence, while signaling Beijing that an invasion would have enormous costs...
...toddler in torment, there's not a lot they can do beyond lavishing the child with plenty of loving reassurance and taking a firm but gentle hand when the object of fear - a bath, say, or the doctor - can't be avoided. It's only when extreme fears persist past age seven and significantly begin to affect the child's ability to function that clinicians become concerned. "When young children are doing well despite their fears, we don't intervene," says Phillipson. "When an older child starts to suffer at home or at school, it's time to get involved...
...Committee for the Equality of Women at Harvard (CEWH) applauds the Crimson for featuring articles such as "Tenure Problems Persist for Women" (News, Feb. 7). An open dialogue on these issues is a necessary first step in the quest to achieve equality for all women on campus...
...diversity of the equally-qualified applicant pool grows and grows, race will cease to be a discernable plus in Harvard College admissions. I think Mansfield knows this. So why does he persist in making a point that is, at best, insubstantial, and at worst, willfully incorrect...