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...after a stint as ambassador to Washington. His tenure cut short in 1977 by a scandal over a small but illegal U.S. bank account he maintained with his wife, he retreated to Labor's back bench until 1984, when the national unity government of Shimon Peres, his bitter rival within the Labor Party, turned to him as Defense Minister. Rabin seemed just the man to suppress the intifadeh -- the uprising against Israeli rule in the occupied territories that began in December 1987. Tough and unrelenting toward the protesters, Rabin is said to have told his troops to ''break their bones...
Colombian drug baron Pablo Escobar is finally dead ((Drugs, Dec. 13)). But even if Escobar's rival Cali cartel cashed in all its chips, the highly lucrative cocaine market would be taken over by operators in one of several other countries. The concept of drug legalization should be given serious consideration. There is substantial support from influential libertarian- conservatives for ending yet another nefarious prohibition...
Campus crime statistics released for 2004 show that Harvard has the highest burglary rate amongst Ivy League and a number of other top universities. Harvard is reported to have had 446 on-campus burglaries last year, while its nearest Ivy rival was Yale with 82. The lowest rate was Columbia, which reported just 16 burglaries. According to Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) Spokesman Steven G. Catalano, Harvard’s burglary rate is inflated compared to other colleges’ because of the way the HUPD categorizes crime. Universities are obligated to report annual campus crime under the 1990 Clery...
...again. But, as Sunday’s episode, “The Al Smith Dinner,” made clear, we’re not dealing with politics as usual this time around. Unlike the last campaign, in which President Bartlet squared off against obviously reprehensible Republican rival Ritchie, this campaign’s a bit more ambiguous. Don’t get me wrong, Democratic candidate Santos (Jimmy Smits) is great (you’ve gotta love those sweet close ups of hunky Jimmy spouting liberal ideology as the music crescendos in the background). The problem is those damn...
...Socialist governments. For many, though, he was throwing salt into an open wound. The families of the electrocuted youths refused Sarkozy's offer to meet with them, and his hard-nosed approach drew criticism even from within his government. On Tuesday, Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin, a probable rival to Sarkozy in the race to represent France's conservatives in the 2007 presidential election, arranged a meeting with the families, and calls for calm were resonating from all sides of the political spectrum. On Wednesday night the fires were burning again in the banlieues, consuming three dozen cars, two buses...