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Similarly, human rights violations must be taken in context. A soldier in any country who is being attacked by stones from three different directions is not expected to stand still and take the punishment. Unlike in China and in Algeria, where in the past year peaceful demonstrations were broken up by a hail of gunfire and murder, the Israelis are reacting to the violent protests with considerable restraint. Dealing with such protests is a very difficult, but necessary, task that can never be done "peacefully." That is not to say that no abuses have occurred, but what can one really...
Life is sweet in Willy Loman's front yard. Willy is a top-notch traveling salesman, his son Biff is an up-and-coming high school football hero, and his wife and second son stand basking in the warmth of their American Dream. It's too bad we have to go inside...
...gone to waste. Unlike last year--when Jewett postponed a decision on a proposal to randomize 25 percent of the spaces in some houses in order to give time for further review--this year, masters said, the dean has a good sense of where individual masters and students stand on the various lottery options...
...Drano: the quick fix," we thought. Just stand back and the problem will go away. Is this what Congress hoped with the Gramm-Rudman-Hollings deficit reduction package...
...news conference, Bush said, "We stand at the threshold of a new era..." but declined to assert the Cold War has ended as Gorbachev suggested...