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...been proportional. What is proportional? Should Israel have kidnapped two Hizballah fighters in return? Would that have resolved anything? While there are extremists on all sides, the majority of Israelis, Palestinians and Lebanese want to live in peace with one another. We will be able to lead normal, quiet lives only if we stand up to terrorists. Illana Karman Beersheba, Israel...
...open country, and not a bloody Indian in sight." He bought Murchison House Station, noting that it was "the size of a country"-large enough to compensate for his lost kingdom. His pedigree would matter little there, but that seems to have been the attraction. "I want a nice quiet life and a chance to work with my hands and get them dirty," he told his friends...
...been proportional. What is proportional? Should Israel have kidnapped two Hizballah fighters in return? Would that have resolved anything? While there are extremists on all sides, the majority of Israelis, Palestinians and Lebanese want to live in peace with one another. We will be able to lead normal, quiet lives only if we stand up to terrorists. Illana Karman Beersheba, Israel If Hizballah's kidnapping of two Israeli soldiers gives Israel the right to bomb Lebanon, destroy bridges, blow up an international airport, blockade ports and tell people to leave their homes, then why is it wrong for Hizballah...
...same. If it's go and do that, but it's a distraction from the focus, I won't go there. But if it's, "Hey, how are we going to get the money to tool these things up?" there's enough people that want a small quiet machine like this that'll run year after year...
...last August, but there are still boxes on the floor. So far, you would never know that you were visiting the home of the Faulkner of awkwardness. Sittenfeld's first novel, Prep, was the sleeper hit of 2005. It tells the bittersweet, perfectly observed story of Lee, a quiet Midwestern girl who tries, with decidedly mixed results, to fit in at a breathtakingly preppy Eastern private school. To the surprise of many, not least its publisher and its author, Prep spent nine weeks on the New York Times best-seller list. Barely 1 1/2 years later, Sittenfeld...