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Both Jewish and Palestinian refugees found themselves in refugee camps but their fates soon diverged. Through a tremendous effort, the newborn state of Israel absorbed and integrated 600,000 of the 900,000 Jewish refugees, nearly doubling its population. In sharp contrast, many Palestinians are still living in refugee camps, even under the Palestinian Authority’s rule. Arab governments rarely extend citizenship or offer reparations to Palestinians, despite having urged them to leave their homes in 1948. While Jewish refugees have been given a second chance to lead free lives, the same cannot be said about Palestinians. Discussion...
Among cops and other law enforcers, there are sharp divisions too. Some, like Joseph D. McNamara, a former San Jose police chief and now a Hoover Institution fellow, call for an end to the criminalization of marijuana. "Most of the police officers I hired during the 15 years I was police chief had tried it," says McNamara. Like many pot legalizers, he believes the system, which he says arrests more people for marijuana than for any other drug, is racist. "Ninety million Americans have tried marijuana. When you look at who's going to jail, it is overwhelmingly disproportionate...
Wellstone had been locked in a tight re-election campaign against Republican challenger Norm Coleman and had begun to pull away in recent weeks, in part because this year's chapter in the Iraq saga provided Wellstone with an opportunity to remind Minnesotans that his maverick streak remained as sharp as ever. As the only vulnerable incumbent to vote against the resolution that would give President Bush war powers, Wellstone told the Senate, "Acting now on our own might be a sign of our power, but acting sensibly and in a measured way in concert with our allies.. would...
...sharp divide, and one that Aa Gym and his aides are uncomfortably aware of. Although the preacher clearly enjoys the toys he can now afford?the publishing business alone brings in $130,000 a month, aides say?Aa Gym insists that his flying lessons, the $2,000 DVD player installed in one of his cars and, yes, even the glistening Kawasaki Eliminator are simply utilitarian. "I have enough money to buy anything I want, that Lexus for example," he says, pointing to a black model with smoked-glass windows. "But I don't. The van is more practical...
...sharp contrast in playing style will also be evident tomorrow night. Whereas Brown is more of a defensive team, relying mostly on turnovers to set up the counterattack, Harvard plays a fluid, possession-controlled game. Whichever team is successful in pressing its style of play will probably wind up victorious...