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...Palestinians at the 2000 Camp David summit as overly meager.In April, he published his own working paper through the Kennedy School in response to the “Israel Lobby” article, critical of both its evidence and what he called its “music, tone, and pitch.”Later this year, Walt and Mearsheimer will publish a detailed rebuttal of all the criticisms their paper has faced, Walt writes in an e-mail. They will also publish a revised version of their paper, he says.“Although there are a few places where...
...finger at Kerry for what she calls a "cheap and blatant political ploy," she should remember that Republicans are masters at exploiting divisive issues that rile single-issue voters on the right and get them to the polls. Richard Oliver Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S. Catalan Pride on the Pitch I was disappointed by Franklin Foer's essay about European football, "Homage to Catalonia" [May 22]. Foer said that over the years, his view of the Barcelona club "has grown ever more romantic," owing to its anti-Franco traditions. If he was willing to link football with politics and religion...
...they could only summon the courage to sprint to their Harvard brethren, dog in tow. Slowly jogging onto the grass, they led Handsome Dan in circles, drawing thunderous applause from a host of Elis. Then, without warning, they broke for the visitor’s side, sprinting across the pitch as the Yale fan base recoiled in horror, and the few Harvard students aware of what was transpiring broke into wild celebration. The thieves raced through the end zone and to the stairwell leading into the Harvard student section—and immortality—when disaster struck. Handsome Dan?...
...some viral campaigns too cute by half, thus reducing their effectiveness? Perhaps. But as Paul Bates, ad-industry analyst at London brokerage Charles Stanley, notes, all clever advertising, TV commercials included, runs the risk of being too entertaining and burying the sales pitch: "The most effective ads on TV are the ones that really annoy you because you tend to remember what they're about." Moreover, marketers can take some solace in a recent finding by London consultancy Essential Research. In a small study, it found that while all dvr users like to skip ads, they will stop and watch...
...Year, and Bara had no matches scheduled. But to celebrate the holiday season, the club had opened the doors of its stadium, the Nou Camp, to the public, gratis. I sat in a line in the parking lot with young kids, eager to catch a glimpse of the pitch, and old men, eager to visit the trophy case--and I converted...