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...Russian voters have largely voted against the incumbent in each of the two elections since a massive wave of post-Soviet immigrants began arriving in the early '90s. They were indispensable to Netanyahu's nail-biting 51 percent victory in 1996 -- and that may turn out to be his Achilles' heel. For Netanyahu's coalition also depends heavily on the support of ultra-orthodox religious parties, and tensions between the Russians and the ultra-orthodox have erupted into open political warfare in recent weeks...
...known who will take the mound for the Crimson today against Northeastern, but if recent trends hold, Coach Joe Walsh will send up a plethora of hurlers during the game. In last week's Beanpot consolation against the Huskies--another game with no post-season implications--Walsh sent up a different pitcher in each inning...
Admittedly, this column only adds to the stream of post-Littleton opinion pieces, but my purpose here isn't to try to explain the events but rather to encourage us to examine the instincts that may draw us to these pundits. The sort of knee-jerk analysis practiced in the past two weeks simultaneously gratifies and disturbs many of us. On the one hand, many of us have a powerful instinct to both seek and supply grand, sweeping and satisfying answers in the wake of tragedy. Immediately following a dramatic national or local event, at the time of greatest emotional...
...Seth Houy had come to the library to hang out with his sister and a friend; they ducked under a table and he lay on top of them so he would be the one to be hit. "Honestly, I think that God made us invisible," he told the Denver Post. "We prayed the hardest we'd ever prayed, and God put an invisible shield around...
...will provide the first national listing to include photos and profiles of the more than 8,000 children in foster homes who are available for adoption. That number could triple by 2001 as new laws requiring permanent homes for foster children take effect. Among the many states that already post their own listings are Texas (www.tdprs.state.tx.us) and New York (www.dfa.state.ny.us...