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...many times the scorpions stung...
...Just over the border in Pakistan, Musharraf was stung by the success of Kashmir's poll. He loathes the prospect of Kashmiri acceptance of India's rule, which the successful election suggests. (State-run Pakistan TV dubbed it "a farce and a sham.") In his own election, he managed to tame Bhutto's Pakistan People's Party and Nawaz Sharif's Pakistan Muslim League. Together, they won less than half the places in the 342-seatNational Assembly. But unofficial estimates put voter turnout for the polls at around 30%?less than in Kashmir. And Musharraf failed to anticipate the rise...
Things devolved from there. Jews, stung, took steps to cement Abraham's Jewish identity. The Talmud describes him anachronistically as following Mosaic law and speaking Hebrew. And they severely downgraded Ishmael. Initially, says Shaul Magid, professor of Midrash at New York City's Jewish Theological Seminary, Jewish parents named their boys after Abraham's Arab son, but the custom evaporated as they began living under Muslim rule. By the 11th century the great biblical scholar Rashi, citing earlier authorities, described Ishmael as a "thief" whom "everybody hates," an insult that can still be found in his prominently placed commentary...
...private donations continues to run to at least $16 million a year. That's why the U.N. panel investigating terror funding is urging closer scrutiny of charities suspected of diverting funds to Bin Laden's organization, and stricter financial and border controls by European nations. The U.S. Treasury Department, stung by the implication that the crackdown on al-Qaeda funding had stalled, rushed to reaffirm some of the important successes in interdicting millions of dollars of terrorist cash. But they also acknowledged the scale of the challenge described in the U.N. report...
...Nothing Ventured Retail investors, stung by sinking markets, have also turned away from venture capital. Individuals accounted for 11% of funds committed to venture capital in the U.S. in 2000, but only 9% in 2001. In addition, many investors defaulted midstream on their commitments, leaving some venture capital funds in the lurch...