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Samuel Sheinbein is one hot potato latke. First, the Maryland teenager put a strain on U.S.-Israel relations by fleeing a murder charge back home and taking advantage of an obscure section of Israeli law to evade extradition. Now, the New York Times reports, he?s accepted a plea bargain with Israeli prosecutors that will see him serve a 24-year sentence that could have him out on parole in 14 years. While that might be a stiff penalty for an 18-year-old in Israel?s courts, it pales before the life-without-parole sentence he faced in Maryland...
...sends Israel every year. While it?s unlikely that the issue will seriously disrupt the U.S.-Israel relationship, it has spurred efforts in Israel to repeal the 1977 law that forbids the extradition of Israelis to stand trial abroad. One American for whom Sheinbein?s plea bargain may be particularly painful: Jonathan Pollard, who is serving a life sentence in a U.S. prison after his conviction in 1985 on charges of spying for Israel. Israel has been quietly pressing for Pollard?s release since last year?s Wye River talks, but the spectacle of a U.S. teen getting lenient treatment...
...presidency." Each invocation is targeted at a special challenge facing a long-shot aspirant, from the banal (travel efficiency) to the sublime (on Aug. 24, supporters are asked to fast "to seek God's will for Gary"). Calling for "Kingdom Impact Across Our Land," prayer partners are to plea that "the campaign team will lack gossip and false testimony. The Holy Spirit will protect the Bauer Team from deception and misperception." On another day, they will pray that "Gary will be protected from the fiery darts of opponents, the media and opposition groups. Pray the financial, volunteer, exposure, credibility blocks...
...appears," Richey sings in the lustrously plaintive Didn't I. Then, in the song's chorus, all objectivity evaporates--"I did the best I could/ Didn't I? Didn't I? Didn't I?"--and by repeating the question, she makes it both an accusation and a child's plea. The song is a jeweled showcase for a shattered psyche...
...Wall Street jock recovering from an addiction to both coke and a blond-bombshell stripper; Dylan, a rock-'n'-roll sideman and jingle writer in the throes of alcoholism; Jack, a 59-year-old Broadway producer and former big spender suspended from producing for seven years, a plea bargain for embezzling from his shows; Peter, a wimpy accountant; and Lina, a mental-health administrator, poverty-stricken by a two-year divorce fight with her millionaire husband. All the names, including the doctor's, are pseudonyms...