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...return." Their cosmology--which, among other things, holds animals, plants and rivers as the equals of humans--seems ill-suited to urban life. But they are more relaxed than the average New Yorker parachuting into Cuzco. They are completely unfazed when Turner high-fives them during a recess...
...morality and fair play, after which they repair to the ball fields for sports. She argues for a renewed appreciation of masculine virtues, and I applaud her for that. Schools and parents should accommodate boys' learning styles, which don't always fit neatly between the margins. Boys need more recess and less Ritalin; and if we set high expectations, they will rise to meet them...
...final foreign aid bill won't come out of Congress until September, when lawmakers return from their summer recess. In the meantime, Albright plans to hit the speaking circuit to complain about the trims, while her aides lobby behind the scenes to restore what's been hacked off. Otherwise "we're heading for a train wreck on foreign policy programs," warns one of her advisers...
...Levy's party may be critical to Barak's survival. That much was clear Wednesday when the Knesset, on a preliminary reading, approved legislation calling for early elections, thus putting it on the agenda for a full vote. While the vote came immediately before the Israeli legislature moved into recess, a petition by a majority of legislators - 61 - can force it to reconvene to debate legislation. Barak ought to be concerned, then, that the bill calling for new elections passed with 61 votes...
...momentum, because the absence of a deal with the Palestinians gives the peaceniks nothing to rally around. And that makes the hawks confident of unseating Barak at the polls. The Israeli leader's best hope still lies in concluding a peace deal with Arafat during the three-month parliamentary recess that began this week, and then calling an election himself that would serve as an up-or-down vote on such a peace agreement. Although that scenario remains a long shot, it's far from inconceivable for the simple reason that Arafat recognizes the current constellation of leaders - Clinton...