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...What is your preferred protest strategy: day of silence, a sit-in, or hunger strike...
Amusement soon turned to panic when it became apparent that no one at Harvard really wanted to talk to me about being preppy. Something about the popped collar seems to strike a nerve on both sides of the equation—both those who hate the look and those who love it proved equally passionate...
...timing of the strike could not have been more provocative. In a fastidiously scripted statement derived from months of negotiation, President George W. Bush had just endorsed Sharon's controversial plan to annex territory in the West Bank and deny Palestinian refugees the right to return to Israel. In exchange, Sharon promised to withdraw Israeli troops and settlers from the Gaza Strip. The agreement broke with decades-old U.S. policy. But it appears that shift arose at least in part from the Bush Administration's being outmaneuvered by Sharon at the negotiating table...
...Rantisi strike is certain to intensify Palestinian fury against Israel and the U.S. "The assassination was the outcome of the Bush-Sharon meeting," said Abdullah Shami, a leader of Islamic Jihad. A Palestinian official in Gaza said protesters were calling for retaliation against "American interests." U.S. officials take a different view. They insist Arab leaders had prior warning of the pact. "The rest of the [peace] process is going nowhere fast," notes a senior State Department official. "This is something real--moving people, tanks and troops." Perhaps, but just days after the deal was made came the bloody reminder that...
...Supreme Court is scheduled to hear oral arguments this week about whether the 595 detainees held at the Guantanamo Bay naval base in Cuba may challenge their captivity in federal court. It's one of three cases on the court's docket this month that strike at a linchpin of the Bush Administration's counterterrorism policy: that a wartime President may assert sweeping executive authority in the interest of national security. By late June, the court may issue key rulings on separation-of-powers issues, such as whether U.S. citizens can be locked up indefinitely without court review...