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...Mahmoud Abbas is in a very lonely place just days after having been rolled out onto the international stage as the new hope of the Palestinians. The barrage of criticism has come not only from those with a vested interest in seeing his pursuit of the "roadmap" fail - the militant groups waging the armed intifadah, and Arafat - but also on the streets. Among those who bothered to pay attention to the meeting in Aqaba, there was widespread anger at the perception that Abbas had said many things the Israelis and Americans wanted to hear, but had avoided articulating Palestinian grievances...
...even those women who make it through their educations and enter academic careers in the sciences often find that science is an area of intellectual pursuit developed by men and for men. Factors including the way research is done—largely by individuals—and the intense and sometimes merciless competition, are turning women off to science, some...
...pain is also felt deeply here at Harvard, for a certain kinship is shared amongst those—be they students at desks or astronauts in space—who devote their lives to the brave pursuit of knowledge...
...father said that the pursuit of success is a characteristic that defined his son from a young...
...season was its most trying. After months of high ambitions, the season came to a sudden halt in double overtime of the NCAA championship game on March 23 when Minnesota-Duluth’s Nora Tallus caromed the puck into the net. Now that the title pursuit was over, the Crimson faced a different daunting task—coping with the disappointment of achieving all but its highest goals...