Word: shuts
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Israel's olive branch to the Palestinians was tentative: West Bank schools will be allowed to function for a limited 17-week term, ending in late November. If any school becomes a focus for violence during that time, it may be shut down. It is likely that classes will meet in two shifts of only four hours each, which could help to minimize that possibility...
Despite the measures taken last week, Israeli officials continue to defend the original decision to shut down the schools in the West Bank. "The schools were closed not because we wanted them closed, but because they became a hotbed for violent activities," says Barukh Binah, spokesman for the Israeli mission to the U.N. "Each time they were opened, there was violence." For the sake of the students, most Palestinians and Israelis hope that will not be the case this time...
...regime's chief critics. Says he: "We just can't stand by with our arms folded. You can pray to God, but you must also do your part." Priests who criticize the government have been expelled from the country, and the Catholic radio station is intermittently shut down...
...some large issues are going to be entertained. He introduces his hero, Dick Pierce, in a skiff, floating among the creeks and inlets of coastal Rhode Island. In paragraph two, Pierce ponders the marsh grass around him and has an insight: "Only the spartinas thrived in the salt flood, shut themselves against the salt but drank the water. Smart grass. If he ever got his big boat built he might just call her Spartina, though he ought to call her after his wife...
...court agreed to hear in its next term, which begins in October. Two of the cases involve parental notification; the third, from Illinois, requires that facilities where abortions are performed must meet stringent hospital-level licensing standards, a step so costly that it could force many clinics to shut down. Any of the cases could give the Justices an opportunity to attack Roe directly...