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...this current economic situation, walking up and down the strip in Las Vegas is a bit like watching a poker table where all the hotel, condo and casino owners are sitting. A lot are folding, others are checking and a few are all in, but all of them are keeping a poker face. Whatever the pot is, gamblers will never change. Even a bad hand won't stop the Americans' unquenchable capacity for hope. Tristan Meillard, RENNES, FRANCE...
Tuesday morning at 8 o'clock is chaos at Rafah Crossing, the Egyptian-controlled entrance to the Gaza Strip. Black-clad Egyptian security forces stand by their trucks, ready if things get out of hand. Aid convoys line up in front of the main gate. Hundreds of Palestinians have already massed before the first checkpoint, yelling at border security in their effort to push through. Off to one side, a group of travelers tries to revive a sick woman who has lost consciousness. Egyptian security look on. Tempers are mounting. This is Day One of a rare three-day border...
...Corries, who had made three previous trips to Gaza, said that when they visited the Strip for the first time, following their daughter's death, Craig Corrie was shot at by Israeli forces. "So in a very personal way, we witnessed that kind of violence," says Cindy Corrie, waiting at Rafah gate. "But there's another kind that has to do with squeezing people to such an extreme degree, I think with the intent of pushing people out, or at least pushing responsibility for those people to someplace else. And I think this border reflects that...
...Education. Some schools reportedly "game the system"—downplaying their crime rate for fear of bad reputation, while other schools remain "steadfastly honest." Congress is soon expected to make the Clery Act's guidelines more stringent. Let's all hope that once that's done, Harvard may strip itself the honor of being on this list. If not, the only solution that remain may be just to relocate. New Hampshire anyone...
Would you wear a mock-turtleneck catsuit? A ball gown that covers only your lower half? How about a Speedo with a strip of fabric that extends up your torso and around your neck, for an aquatic S&M look...