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All three leaders at Camp David suffered defeat. President Clinton, who invested an unprecedented proportion of his presidency trying to resolve this particular regional conflict, will have to settle for yardage rather than a touchdown. Barak may have averted a showdown with conservatives, but they're unlikely to return to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Good-bye, Camp David; Hello, Uncertain Future | 7/25/2000 | See Source »

Other critics assailed the committee for its lack of diversity and the high proportion of members involved with the financial world.

Author: By Tova A. Serkin, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Students, Faculty Left Out of Process | 7/21/2000 | See Source »

But is it really? Spy's rarefied, Manhattan-centric humor wouldn't be likely to find a mass audience online, but the cheap, egalitarian Web has long been a haven for wisenheimers: the cutting commentary of Suck www.suck.com) the deadpan fake-newspaper Onion www.theonion.com and the esoteric wit of McSweeney...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Irony Is Dead. Long Live Irony (On The Web) | 7/17/2000 | See Source »

You blew out of proportion any expression of discontent with testing. For example, in Massachusetts a few hundred kids boycotted the state test, but 99.8% did take the exams. Tests provide teachers, parents, school officials and public officials with information to address education problems. The recent spate of state exams...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Jul. 10, 2000 | 7/10/2000 | See Source »

The Indian success story is a triumph of quality over quantity. According to the Center for Immigration Studies in Washington, an independent think tank, the U.S. is home to about 26.3 million immigrants, defined as people living in the U.S. who are foreign born and have permission to stay permanently...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Golden Diaspora | 6/19/2000 | See Source »

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