Word: pursuits
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...question of a political solution to the conflict off the table, using Palestinian terrorism as the rationale to advance an agenda quite different from the peace process that began with Oslo. Whenever he has faced domestic and foreign pressure for any movement, he's taken unilateral steps in pursuit of a vision that has little in common with a two-state solution as understood by negotiators on both sides of the Oslo process. The security wall is a case in point: The initiative to build a wall separating Israel from the Palestinians originated with the Labor Party, and was initially...
...prevaricated over Taba), the irony is that, if anything, Sharon was even more vehement in his rejection of the same. Indeed, Sharon stressed upon assuming office that he had no intention of seeking a comprehensive peace deal with the Palestinians, believing this was neither possible nor desirable. Rabin's pursuit of that goal, in Sharon's mind, was, at best, a tragic mistake. Instead, he envisaged managing the conflict between the two peoples via a series of long-term interim agreements, which the Palestinians are bludgeoned into accepting by the superiority of Israeli arms. And the upsurge of intifada violence...
...What the essays are actually accomplishing is the pursuit of knowledge, the pursuit of freedom to really understand who one is, and that has an American parallel throughout history. It’s a very American thing to chart your own identity,” Hsu said...
...truly deliver democracy while fighting the menace of Islamic fundamentalism. Narayan Venkatraman New Delhi Religion is supposed to teach the essence of kindness, a benign way to conduct life, not to practice brutal cruelty. Terrorism feeds on ignorance. Fanatic religious clerics, hiding their real agenda, motivate uneducated teenagers in pursuit of grandiose dreams of power, lying to them about pleasures to come for sacrificing their earthly life for one in heaven. Such unbelievable dogma turns decent young people into murderers who will have to answer for their terrible crimes against humanity. Robert Kennedy Fraser Harrogate, England Bush's Military Record...
...about scoring with girls than on the infield. "They say boys think about sex every 15 seconds," says Ben (Jon Foster). "I think about it every five seconds." For life, this is the fundamental truth of teen boyhood--who can argue?--and the stories are all about sex, its pursuit and its complications. Handsome jock Dino (Sean Faris) has a girlfriend but can't get her to have sex with him. Awkward Jonathan (Chris Lowell) has a friend, Deborah (Kelly Osbourne), who's hot for him, but he's afraid his friends will make fun of him for dating...