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Dates: during 2010-2019
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...Europe’s chalk country, and allows his topic to elucidate a truism about society with such finesse that it seems accidental. Rather than spend pages reveling in the significance of what he has found—like Gladwell—the most poignant insights are sown unassumingly amid expository passages, leaving the patient reader to experience the joy of discovery that McPhee must have felt during his research...

Author: By Abigail B. Lind, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: John McPhee’s ‘Silk Parachute’ Is an Uplifting Triumph of Style | 3/23/2010 | See Source »

...bigger problem facing the U.S. as it tries to restart peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians is that neither side seems interested in having them. A majority of both publics still support the goal of "two states for two peoples," but years of stalemate have sown deep pessimism about the possibility that it will ever come about. A joint survey of Israeli and Palestinian public opinion taken last December found that while 75% of Israelis say they support the establishment of a Palestinian state, only one-third expect it to happen in the next five years. Among Palestinians...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The U.S.-Israel Spat: Just a Sideshow | 3/18/2010 | See Source »

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