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...doing that. Indeed, it sometimes seems his position is more reflexive than thoughtful. He still insists that progress is being made in Iraq. "What progress?" I asked. "There's an elected national-unity government," he said. "I don't want to overstate it, but we're beginning to reach out to the Sunni insurgency...
...Hillel administrators emphasized that safety is their primary concern, and that the trip will avoid areas within reach of Hezbollah’s rocket arsenal...
...buildings and blinding lights. I think of a chance event that renewed my faith in the kindness of others. Three weeks ago I embarked on a trip to New York and Boston. After leaving a Broadway matinee, I walked a few blocks through Times Square when I went to reach for my wallet—but came up empty handed. I franticly checked all my pockets. Passers-by probably thought I was doing the Macarena as I patted every possible place I could have put it. I was in the middle of Manhattan, of all places, without any money, credit...
...most minor routes have been severed in multiple places by massive air bombs that gouge out yawning craters, making for a lengthy and terrifying experience for anyone brave or desperate enough to travel; one new patient had spent eight hours on the road, shuttled by eight separate vehicles, to reach the hospital, a journey that under normal circumstances would take only 20 minutes...
...earlier, a UNIFIL convoy of armored personnel carriers had inched their way up a heavily cratered coastal road in an attempt to reach Tyre to provide relief supplies to the stranded families of the force's civilian staff. The troops, however, were forced to abandon their APCs halfway into their journey because of Israeli shelling of the road and instead spent the night in bomb shelters...