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...Ordering a cease-fire without appearing to gain much in return was always going to test Arafat's political authority even among his own supporters, and not only the opposition Hamas and Islamic Jihad factions which have openly challenged Arafat's leadership but even the rank-and-file militiamen of his own Fatah organization have vowed to defy his cease-fire call. High-profile terror attacks have until now been the Islamists most effective weapon against any moves toward peace; they're not unpopular on the Palestinian street, and the rage they generate in Israel creates irresistible political pressure...
...this "constitutional crisis?" Many of the poll's respondents urged the country to follow the council's example. Both Geoffrey J. King '00-'01 and Harpaul A. Kohli '02 thought that voting should be changed to the council's voting system, called the Transferable ballot. This way voters could rank Nader first and Gore second, thereby not hurting Gore since in an election this close second-place votes would certainly have been counted. Letalien disagreed: "I hate to burst the bubbles of our most community-action oriented members, but this may be a bit beyond our jurisdiction. What I think...
...position. But it remains an open question whether he'll be able to douse the fires of revenge. The Palestinian leader's cease-fire efforts over the past three weeks have been openly defied, not only by the Islamist militants of Hamas and Islamic Jihad but also by the rank-and-file militiamen of his own Fatah organization. Fatah had called for a mass uprising beginning Wednesday to drive Israeli troops and settlers out of the West Bank and Gaza...
That idea applies neatly to Men of Honor. It is one of those dramas of peacetime military service in which a determined individual attains what he wants--in this case, master-chief rank and to be a master diver in the U.S. Navy--and in the process surmounts his own shortcomings and the completely predictable prejudice and near deadly hostility of the brass...
...purchasing stock. The newly launched Corporate Social Research Center on socialfunds.com's site does social and environmental assessments on more than 1,000 U.S. and foreign companies, including those listed in the S&P 500 and the Domini Social Index. It's a fast way to see how companies rank in categories like employee relations, community programs and hazardous-waste disposal...