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...this perfunctory, this ritualistic, so immediately abandoned, condemns nothing and no one. The thought seems to be, “Ideally, Palestinians would not be killing them; but we cannot allow the fact that they are killing them to divert our gaze for more than a moment from the plight of the Palestinians...

Author: By Jay M. Harris, | Title: The Divestment Petition Demonizes Jews | 9/30/2002 | See Source »

...Zionist organization mean to make light of the conflict in the Middle East, sporting with Israel’s fears in the proposition, “Israel: It’s safe to come”? Or is the ad intended to elicit sympathy for Israel’s plight by elevating our hopes and then dashing them to smithereens in the depressing parenthesis, “(to our meetings at least)”? Whatever the intention, this ad leaves a sour taste in the mouth, making us wish that the Harvard Students for Israel had not, like...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: comp this! | 9/26/2002 | See Source »

...building better represents the plight of student groups than the tug of war in Thayer Hall basement between the Harvard Foundation for Race and Intercultural Relations and the International Relations Council (IRC) last year...

Author: By Anne K. Kofol and Svetlana Y. Meyerzon, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Big Squeeze: Student Groups Search for Space | 9/23/2002 | See Source »

...focus of the afternoon session was to promote ‘Fair Trade’ agreements—which pay farmers the above market rate of $1.26 per pound—as a solution to the plight of the farmers...

Author: By Nathaniel A. Smith, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Students Advocate for ‘Fair Trade’ Farmers | 9/23/2002 | See Source »

...This week, the lower house of Parliament will begin debate on a Berlusconi-backed "change of venue" bill that would give the accused wide latitude to request moving a trial to a new jurisdiction if he suspects judges are biased. Is Berlusconi a closet bleeding heart for the plight of the indicted masses? Not likely. Suffice it to say that the conservative media baron-turned-politician empathizes with the accused. The two-and-a-half-year-long trial against Berlusconi and his associates for allegedly bribing Rome judges in the mid-'80s returned to a Milan courtroom last Saturday...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Standing Up for the Accused | 9/22/2002 | See Source »

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