Word: prolonged
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...Heilman ’03 (Oct. 25) makes the implication that the Israelis are somehow burdened with the responsibility of placing the Palestinian population under occupation. He claims: “We do not want to rule over three million Palestinians, we do not want to prolong a war that kills children and women and soldiers.” But the policies of the Sharon government and the actions of the Israeli military wholly contradict these claims. The presence of settlements on Palestinian land forces the Israeli military to maintain a constant presence in the West Bank and Gaza...
...want to rule over three million Palestinians, we do not want to prolong a war that kills children and women and soldiers. We do not ever want to see apartheid in Israel. But we also will not put our country at risk and we will not be bullied by terrorism; we will not turn a blind eye when our families are slaughtered and immolated at their weddings, Passover meals, shopping malls, and on their buses. Israel’s soldiers are in the territories only because they are, in the face of Palestinian police collaboration with terrorism, the only thing...
...wants to publicly admit that Iraq and the U.N. are playing a game. Journalists and diplomats who take Iraq’s latest moves seriously are either dishonest or remarkably dense. Does anyone really find it hard to believe that Saddam Hussein prefers to prolong his life rather than face certain destruction at the hands of the most destructive military force ever created? Hussein will work with the U.N. because convincing a huge multinational bureaucracy to dither and delay is much more rewarding that having your house blown...
...wanted to be able to prolong the action,” Fragola said. “If this had happened for 30 seconds, how many people would it have gotten...
...drugs that prolong these kids' lives are the outward sign of their invisible illness. The Spartan infirmary in the main cabin is known as Club Meds. Each day as the 80 campers fish, play basketball, paint or make lanyards, a team of volunteer nurses sit around a table on which hundreds of pills are lined up like jelly beans. If only they were. In a harsh reminder of just how different this camp is, the nurses carry those pills to the camp's 10 cabins two to three times a day. Some kids must pop as many as 30, which...