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Everyone knows the hellish aphorism about "good intentions." Even with that in mind, however, few people doubt that President Mahmoud Abbas and Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh are sincerely trying to hammer out a new Palestinian unity government. Even Yuval Diskin, head of Israel's Shin Bet intelligence service, told reporters at a briefing last week that he believes the two men want to make this work. Moreover, Abbas, who represents the Fatah faction of the Palestinian movement, and Haniyeh, who represents the radical Hamas party, seem genuine in their desire to stop the violence that has plagued Palestinian streets, particularly...
...with less than three minutes to go in the period, Harbec struck again, albeit inadvertently. As Harbec tried to center a pass to Duggan, the puck deflected off of Harvard freshman defenseman Cori Bassett’s shin and past sophomore goalie Brittany Martin...
...treatment for suicidal thoughts or behaviors.” According to Eisenberg, the bill is in response to a slew of suicides at Virginia universities. In addition, several families of students who were thought to have committed suicide sued their universities. In the case of MIT student Elizabeth H. Shin, who died of burns in her dormitory room in 2000, the family initially sued for $27 million. The Shin family settled with MIT last year, saying that the death was probably an accident. —Staff writer Alexander B. Cohn can be reached at abcohn@fas.harvard...
...Trace These stackables give a high-tech nod to standard garden furniture. "Close your eyes, think of summer seating and you see this shape," says Shin Azumi, the Trace chair's London-based Japanese designer, who used Hirek, a clever polymer, for structural support. Any resemblance to a G-string is coincidental. Honest. www.desalto.it...
...minds. Allegations of human-rights abuses, including the deaths of more than 2,000 people during three months of the 2003 war on drugs, made many wonder whether the former police lieutenant-colonel had taken the law into his own hands. The tax-free windfall from the sale of Shin Corp., which sparked the mass public protests in Bangkok against Thaksin, hardly burnished his cultivated image as a simple man of the people. And his tenure was plagued by accusations of graft. The CNS is currently investigating 52 cases of possible corruption or abuse of power during his time...