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Over 70 people filled the room for the quiet, simple service which lasted for nearly an hour...
...Americans no longer have the nerve and the patience to get into the details of this conflict, so they're relying on Jordan and Egypt to do more of the work because they'd like to see the situation quiet down. But a major weakness of the plan is that it doesn't involve the Palestinians. Even if Israel did accept, what guarantees can Jordan and Egypt offer that the Palestinians would implement their side of the deal...
...need to also thank the invisible leaders in my life, including my parents and others, whose quiet leadership doesn't need title or reward," Lim said...
Considering how often PRESIDENT BUSH declared education reform to be his top priority, he doesn't seem to be breaking a sweat to save his proposal from the quiet dismemberment it is getting from Congress. His plan to give private-school vouchers to children in failing public schools arrived on Capitol Hill pretty much dead, thanks to Democratic opposition. Since then, conservative Republicans have stripped the bill of other remnants of "accountability." It is far from clear whether the bill that passed the Senate education committee would even require states to use a uniform test to measure how their students...
...humiliated Kennedy wondered what happened. Arrogance for one thing. I recall being at a party the night before the invasion at Hickory Hill, Bobby Kennedy's Virginia estate. "Do you have any correspondents in Havana?" he asked me before leading me to a quiet part of his living room. I assured him that we did. He was wedged into the corner, and as he talked he slid down to escape the party's babble until we were both seated on the floor. "There is going to be a big story there tomorrow," he said. "It is going to be dangerous...