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...much to rescue Washington's deteriorating image among its allies in the Arab world. And appeals by Palestinian leaders for more forceful Arab support, accompanied by the images of devastation in Palestinian cities beamed around the world now that TV cameras are getting into Nablus and Jenin, could even stoke the fires of Arab rage against Israel and the U.S. in the coming weeks...
...While Arafat is supposed to disarm the militias, he may see at least some of them as a strategic reserve. Their armed actions in the West Bank and Gaza over the past six weeks have certainly helped stoke the crisis that brought the Americans rushing back to rehabilitate Arafat. The Palestinian leader is no more likely to trust Sharon than vice versa, and he's unlikely - and quite possibly unable - to relinquish his capability to make life intolerable for the Israelis in the West Bank and Gaza...
Here are a few basic principles, news to nobody. Sports stoke adrenaline, laying out a drama that usually ends in an unambiguous win or loss. "Fan" is short for fanatic; each close pitch or missed basket or hard body check makes manic-depressives of a team's rooters. And some parents are among the most rabid, reckless fans. Inflating their kids' skills, magnifying a child's lapses, they can make dinnertime a celebration or an inquisition; and if they don't take out their frustration on the infant athletes, they may attack the arbiters. "Kill the umpire" is only...
...program for change described above would give students the freedom to pursue more advanced studies and to seek literacy in the sciences. It would also introduce them, perhaps for the first and only time, to the works and ideas that serve as vocabulary for their future learning. It would stoke intellectual curiosity and help Harvard, as Summers put it in his address, to light students minds on fire. And most importantly, it would be a step toward ensuring that every Harvard graduate can claim full membership in the company of educated men and women...
...other big question about the Administration's approach is whether it might unintentionally foster the threats it seeks to head off. Russia may be persuaded it can live with missile defense; its weapons could still overwhelm any such system. But pressing forward without addressing China's concerns might stoke a serious Sino-American rivalry - a less attractive prospect than a bigger confrontation between the U.S. and North Korea...