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...Goliath either. And its perpetually dissatisfied neighbors are no Davids. Oversimplified and unforgiving, the very us/them dichotomy lets Harvard affiliates overlook the College’s reliance on Cambridge as it allows Cantabs to neglect Harvard’s stunning community resources. We cannot afford to have bullheaded attitudes prevail at the negotiating table; community building must be a cooperative endeavor...
...Goliath either. And its perpetually dissatisfied neighbors are no Davids. Oversimplified and unforgiving, the very us/them dichotomy lets Harvard affiliates overlook the College’s reliance on Cambridge as it allows Cantabs to neglect Harvard’s stunning community resources. We cannot afford to have bullheaded attitudes prevail at the negotiating table; community building must be a cooperative endeavor...
...finally destroy the last Death Star, and Boston’s previous meetings with New York were merely warm-ups. Red Sox fans have nothing to worry about. Johnny Damon will recapture his mental edge, Curt Schilling will fight through his ankle injury and the spirit of Boston will prevail with the Sox playing on home turf tonight, as screaming fans do their best to prove that “Boston’s tenth man could not be wrong” and “Tessie” can work again...
...same as it was in the late 1980s: Palestinian violence is unable to pose any strategic threat to Israel or to roll back its occupation; Israel's vastly superior military resources are unable to destroy either the traditional Palestinian nationalist movement nor its more militant rivals. Neither side can prevail through force, and periods of calm simply punctuate bouts of increasingly bitter violence. Sooner or later, Arafat will die, or be removed in some way from his position of power. But that may not substantially alter the strategic logjam...
...September he raised short-term rates one-quarter of a percentage point amid mixed signals on the economy. Growth is relatively robust, despite high energy prices, fears of a housing bubble and spots of stubborn unemployment. This time Greenspan was betting not just that the good news would prevail but also that America might soon confront the risk of renewed inflation. Greenspan is fond of noting that his job involves the study of how human beings react to a continually changing economy. "If we judge that current conditions are similar to particular historic circumstances," he says, "then we can expect...