Word: strife
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Sometimes this may mean engineering the non-zero-sumness - for example, strengthening commerce between Israel and the Palestinian territories. Other times it will mean highlighting a non-zero-sum dynamic that already exists - emphasizing, for example, that continued strife between Israelis and Palestinians will be lose-lose (as would escalated tensions between the "Muslim world" and the "West" more broadly). Enduring peace would...
...rule, Christians in the Middle East have been understandably wary of emissaries of Rome. Today, as Christians in the Middle East welcome Pope Benedict XVI on his first trip to the Holy Land, many are worried that the unpredictable Pontiff might stir up passions at a time of religious strife and political cold war. "The thing that worries me most is the speech that the Pope will deliver here," said Archbishop Fouad Twal, the Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, in an interview with the Israeli newspaper Haaretz on Wednesday. "One word for the Muslims and I'm in trouble; one word...
...land combat--were commissioned in 1962 by President John F. Kennedy to meet a growing need for guerrilla-warfare specialists. SEALs earned a reputation for valor and stealth in Vietnam, where they conducted clandestine raids in perilous territory. Since then, teams of SEALs have taken on shadowy missions in strife-torn regions around the world, stalking high-profile targets such as Panama's Manuel Noriega and Colombian druglord Pablo Escobar and playing integral roles in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan...
...civilizations - they have focused on making Lebanon more livable for its average citizens. And in doing so they could be providing a model for moderate politicians in the Arab world - if they only had more time. (See pictures of Beirut's rebirth time and time again after war and strife...
...these feelings take time to bubble up. Researchers used functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to track the brain activity of 13 subjects as they listened to different stories, each evoking a strong emotional reaction: compassion for physical pain, admiration of physical skill, compassion for emotional strife and admiration for moral strength. The volunteers reported feeling overwhelmed by their emotions during the course of the experiment - which researchers verified by monitoring participants' heart and respiration rates. And the brain scans showed that while volunteers' recognition of another person's physical pain or skill was immediate, feelings like compassion and admiration took...