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...over a small but illegal U.S. bank account he maintained with his wife, he retreated to Labor's back bench until 1984, when the national unity government of Shimon Peres, his bitter rival within the Labor Party, turned to him as Defense Minister. Rabin seemed just the man to suppress the intifadeh -- the uprising against Israeli rule in the occupied territories that began in December 1987. Tough and unrelenting toward the protesters, Rabin is said to have told his troops to ''break their bones,'' ordering deportations and the destruction of Palestinian houses. Yet he was quicker than many to grasp...
...like the standoff of the superpowers. South Africa and the Middle East worked at a nastier level, closer to bone and gene and skin. They had, over the years, arrived at stalemate, a no-exit of chronic hatred. The struggles (whether to liberate one's own people, or to suppress the dangerous other tribe, or simply to survive in the moral airlessness) became prisons. The Men of the Year of 1993 -- Yitzhak Rabin and Yasser Arafat, F.W. de Klerk and Nelson Mandela -- did nothing more and nothing less than find a way to break out. By tradition, TIME...
...which linked Vioxx with an elevated risk of heart attack, stroke, and death with long-term use. Since then, approximately 5,800 lawsuits have been filed against the company, with experts estimating legal costs of between $4 and $18 billion, according to the AP.Avorn says that Merck attempted to suppress the results of the Harvard study, which he co-authored with Solomon. Avorn, whose book, “Dangerous Medicines: The benefits, risks and costs of prescription drugs,” was recently published by Knopf, called Merck’s alleged actions “unethical...
...military and the fact that [Saca] feels the need to send troops to Iraq just to stay in favor of the U.S. government.” “The government of El Salvador is very much in league with the U.S. government, and is working with Bush to suppress Salvadoran people,” Stewart said, elaborating on Stroumbelis’ comments. One of the examples Stewart cited is the Central America Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA), which he said “only benefits rich corporations.” The “Salvadorans in the World?...
...most common forms of emotional imbalance--depression and anxiety--are so prevalent that they can properly be called epidemic. They affect people of all ages, including a large percentage of the elderly. Doctors manage them with antidepressants and antianxiety agents--the key word here being "manage." These drugs suppress depression and anxiety; they do not cure them or get to their roots...