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...most important long-term element of this strategy is justice," he wrote in the article. "Unless those responsible for the Rwandan genocide are held accountable for their crimes against humanity the spiral of violence and impunity may continue...the international community must unite to end the crisis...
Ironically, it was Rubin's remarks before Congress two weeks ago that seem to have triggered the latest spiral. Appearing before the Senate Finance Committee, he was asked why the U.S. was doing nothing to support the yen. "Intervention is a temporary tool," he replied. "The whole answer lies in Japan doing what it needs to do." As he continued to speak, an aide passed him a note saying the yen had suddenly begun to drop. Apparently assuming that Washington would remain on the sidelines, dealers had sold billions of yen, sending the currency to an eight-year...
...story about preliminary data on laboratory animals spiral so completely out of control? The key is Kolata's piece in the Times and the prominent placement her editors gave it. "Within a year," she began, "if all goes well, the first cancer patient will be injected with two new drugs that can eradicate any type of cancer, with no obvious side effects and no drug resistance--in mice." It was a sentence that couldn't help grabbing readers' attention--despite those critical two words, "in mice"--and holding it throughout the rest of the story...
Within a tiny three-inch by three-inch cube of space, a bright red corkscrew spiral appeared out of thin air and began to rotate in three dimensions...
...journalist Horowitz mentions, American Jewish support of Israel has been on a downward spiral as of late due to the rise of the religious right through the coalition government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. It is unfortunate both that the Israeli Orthodox choose to act as fundamentalists in their control over religion and education, and that American liberals would base their support of the state on the political priorities of democratically elected government. It is unfortunate because American Jews and Israelis share a common fate as Jews. This is why the New York headline ("Is Israel Still Good...