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DIED. Astronauts MICHAEL ANDERSON, 43, DAVID BROWN, 46, KALPANA CHAWLA, 41, LAUREL CLARK, 41, RICK HUSBAND, 45, WILLIAM MCCOOL, 41, and ILAN RAMON, 48--the first Israeli in space; when the space shuttle Columbia broke up as it re-entered Earth's atmosphere; over Texas. (See story page...
Tragically, of course, we now know all the astronauts’ names: Michael Anderson, David Brown, Kalpana Chawla, Laurel Clark, Rick Husband, William McCool and Ilan Ramon. But even as we commemorate their sacrifice, we are not so sure why they died...
...determined to touch even more stars. While we have yet to name each and every star in the spaces above, we do know at least seven: Col. Rick Husband, Lt. Col. Michael Anderson, Cmdr. Laurel Clark, Capt. David Brown, Cmdr. William McCool, Dr. Kalpana Chawla and Israeli Col. Ilan Ramon...
...enough. To left-wingers, those are admirable stands. Yet then-Prime Minister Menachem Begin persuaded Mitzna to withdraw the Lebanon dismissal letter, and people close to him say he quit the West Bank job because he was just tired of criticism from the left and right. Labor rival Haim Ramon says Mitzna is all "bullshit and baloney." Mitzna left the army in 1993 and later that year became mayor of Haifa, one of the few places in Israel where Jewish and Arab citizens mix relatively easily. Mitzna has earned credit for that among Israeli Arabs, more than 80% of whom...
...Eliezer also faces a primary challenge from legislator Haim Ramon and Haifa mayor Amram Mitzna, and he currently trails both men in the polls. Some Israeli analysts speculate that his sudden choice of the path of confrontation with Sharon is motivated in no small part by his desire to see off challengers within his own party. But it remains to be seen whether either Mitznah or Ramon is considered a credible candidate by the party's base or were simply a protest-vote choice of activists looking to get ben-Eliezer out of the government. Labor's decision also inserts...