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Abbas urged Israel to "halt its aggression so the necessary environment can be created" for restarting talks aimed at reaching agreement on a Palestinian state by the end of 2008. An Abbas adviser says that Rice, in turn, vowed that she would try to persuade the Israelis to "slow down their operations in Gaza, but not stop them," a statement which apparently angered the Palestinian leader. Palestinian sources say that Abbas also asked Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak to negotiate a "cooling down" period in fighting between the Israelis and Hamas' Islamic militants who seized control of Gaza from Abbas' militia...
...level Schnitter and Stewart fell, 8-5. “A lot of us were playing together for the first time, [since] we had to swap the lineup at the last minute,” Peterzan said. “It was a bit of a slow start, but it got more competitive at the end.” Harvard’s top singles player, junior Beier Ko, was out with the flu and freshman star Agnes Sibilski is still sidelined by injury. Next weekend the Crimson will try to capture its first win of the season...
Although course development for the new General Education curriculum got off to a slow start, the implementation committee seems to be picking up the pace...
Harvard got off to a slow start on Saturday, as it completed the first two rounds of racing with an even 5–5 mark. However, it closed out the weekend strongly by winning seven of its last 10 races...
...this loopy calls for a stronger-than-average lead actor, and “Breaking Bad” has a great one in Bryan Cranston. Best known as Hal, the splenetic dad on “Malcolm in the Middle,” Cranston is a master of the slow-burning freak-out. Watching Cranston’s eyes well up with rage just before he inevitably snapped was one of “Malcolm’s” few reliable pleasures. With “Breaking Bad’s” premise, there should be plenty...