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...Right now, Israel is the effective security authority in most West Bank towns and cities, having reoccupied them in the hope of stopping a relentless wave of suicide bombings inside Israel-proper. The Palestinians say they can't reconstitute their shattered security services as long as Israeli maintains a stranglehold on their turf, and argue that an Israeli withdrawal is a prerequisite for a crackdown on terrorism. But Sharon is in no mood to accept half-measures, and insists that Israel will deal only with a Palestinian Authority willing to disarm the Palestinian organizations that carry out terror attacks - Hamas...
Yankee fans are subject to all manner of abuse in this town, simply by virtue of remaining true to our home team. The message of Usher’s article can only be that the proper response to such abuse is to abandon old loyalties, to alter our identities as Yankee fans, so that we may be rewarded by the “half smiles” and “nods” of Bostonians...
Doctors and nurses caring for SARS patients should take proper safety precautions and wear masks, gloves and gowns. Washing hands regularly is a good idea. It doesn't hurt to wear a mask in regions where there are large numbers of cases, such as Beijing, Hong Kong, Singapore and Toronto. Coronaviruses can survive for as long as 24 hours on surfaces, so remove and dispose of your mask carefully...
Putting plants and flowers inside pots has traditionally been the tactic of cooped-up urban dwellers, who have to rely on window boxes to express their inner farmer. But even people with proper backyards are now keeping their gardens contained. So-called container gardening is growing at almost 20% annually, twice the rate of gardening sales overall. Gardening in pots is popular because of its ease: a whole vegetable or flower garden can be designed and planted in an afternoon, and pots require less weeding than conventional flower beds. The pots are also coming in increasingly bold and varied styles...
...have made it a particular point to have a closer relationship with more senior faculty members because I felt in many ways that when the administration was regulatory with her, we didn’t have the proper connections to have faculty members to tell the administration, ‘Don’t do this to them, that’s wrong,’” Chopra says...