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...Palestinians had an army that could flatten Jewish settlers' homes, F-16 fighters that could pound Tel Aviv, Apache helicopters that could "surgically" remove any Israeli or Jewish leader not to their liking, would any Palestinian youth choose to become a suicide bomber? Killing oneself in defense of a cause has been tried by desperate people for centuries. Instead of concentrating on the Palestinians' suicide bombing, the Israelis would be better served by rooting out the causes of such desperation, acknowledging the Palestinians' right to freedom from occupation and giving the Palestinians back their land. NAJWA KHURI-BULOS Amman...
...Though they abandoned their typical animated formula for last year’s poorly grossing Atlantis: The Lost Empire, Disney returns to standard form with the misadventures of Stitch, a fugitive alien who hides from the law in Kauai. Once on earth, he finds his way into a pound and is soon adopted by a young girl, Lilo. Crazy antics ensue...
...don’t think I can match that record,” he said. “My 11-month-old twins affect my ability to perform athletically, unless you count packing around two 20-pound weights everywhere...
...misdeeds continue up through the 20th century, when Sir Laurence Olivier was almost decapitated by a falling 25-pound sandbag, Sir John Gielgud endured the deaths of Duncan as well as two of the weird sisters in 1942 and Charlton Heston watched his tights catch on fire during a 1953 production in Bermuda...
Students testify that the lab experience, featuring daily coffee hours with Hauser, is a lot of fun, but the best part is still working with the animals. “It’s very humbling to be outsmarted by a one-pound monkey,” Spaulding says. “I think everyone at Harvard could use that once in a while...