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...Mohamad M. Al-Ississ '00 claim that "the on-going violence in Jerusalem, the West Bank and Gaza was directly provoked by the Israeli opening of a tunnel which borders the foundations of [Al-Aksa]" Mosque. What the Palestinians claim to be in such a huff and a puff about is an innocuous, inconspicuous and wholly inoffensive tunnel. Last July, I had the privilege of visiting the not-yet fully excavated site. It was more a matter of principle than of inconvenience when our tour group was prematurely made to turn around halfway along the route...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Reality Sets In for "Peace Process" | 10/2/1996 | See Source »

...entertain they did--playing the tunes of the sixties and seventies that defined Kerry and Clinton's generation, from "Blowin' in the Wind" to "Teach Your Children Well" to "Puff the Magic Dragon...

Author: By C.r. Mcfadden, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Facing The Future or Reaching For the Past? | 9/30/1996 | See Source »

...times, though, the musicians seemed oblivious to the irony of their words. "Puff the Magic Dragon" was played despite the "I didn't inhale" President's vulnerability on the drug issue. Joe Walsh sang of cities where "when you're down, that's where you'll stay" to a crowd somewhat upset at welfare reforms that cut $60 billion from the programs...

Author: By C.r. Mcfadden, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Facing The Future or Reaching For the Past? | 9/30/1996 | See Source »

Pete then stepped up to the baseline and threw in a puff-ball serve with no juice on it. When he won the point, it became a legendary moment. Simply winning a point after something like that is huge. It was not over...

Author: By Keith S. Greenawalt, | Title: In Case You Missed It | 9/19/1996 | See Source »

This is a Quickie P300, the Porsche of sip-and-puff wheelchairs. It has six areas of command. If Reeve wishes to go forward or backward or to the left or the right or fast or slow, he sips air from or blows air into a plastic straw at varying strengths. When he shifts his sitting angle between straight up and laid back, the chair makes the sound of an old European elevator or a convertible top closing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NEW HOPES, NEW DREAMS | 8/26/1996 | See Source »

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