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...electricity, and the phones were charged there. The only toilets were on the second floor of the compound; they were soon foul because they couldn't be flushed once the Israelis cut off the water. "To get to the bathroom, we had to run though an open space within sight of the snipers," Salah says. "Sometimes they shot at us. So we only went once a day." The only water was in three old wells in the compound. It was impure, and many in the church developed diarrhea. Dashing out to the wells was dangerous; six Palestinians were...
...hides many fine details. Hong Kong and Singapore aren't seeing as strong a growth in consumer spending as elsewhere. In Hong Kong, especially, perceptions of household wealth have always been tied to the property market, and because property prices have been slumping since 1997--with no end in sight--people just don't feel rich. While I was visiting there last month, the unemployment rate rose to 7%, the highest since 1981. In many years of trips to Hong Kong, I can't remember a time when the economic sentiment of those I talked with was quite so gloomy...
Saddam is nowhere in sight for his Tikrit party or any of the other parades and cake cuttings orchestrated across Iraq during the six-day birthday celebration. He is, more than ever, an invisible ruler, his authority wielded from the shadows, where he hides from potential assassins. The Potemkin parties were intended to deliver a message to any Iraqi citizen feeling restive, to any foreign government contemplating his overthrow. The all-powerful puppet master can make his whole nation sing his praises as a blunt reminder: I am still here. It won't be easy...
...that will be used in years to come to stiffen the sinews of those who would fight against Israeli rule: mailed fist met by defiant resistance. Written in the twisted metal and crushed cinder block of Jenin is the new reality of an old conflict with no end in sight. This is how it happened...
Clinical researchers believe in their treatments, as they should. Yet this belief needs to be scrutinized by unbiased scientists working in the patients' interest. Our trials can never be too safe. But we should not lose sight of the fact that our system has given rise to spectacular advances in cancer therapy, including Gleevec for leukemia; the control of aids; treatments for breast cancer; and others. As a new era of molecular genetic research dawns, we need to make certain that the strides we make in devising new therapies are matched by progress in ensuring patient safety. FRANK G. HALUSKA...