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...their introductory pages, both authors argue that birding is more than a pleasant way to spend time outdoors. Birders, they say, tend to evolve into conservationists, eager to protect the habitats that sustain avian life. This may be preaching to the choir, but these guides should attract some eager new singers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Birds In The Hand | 11/27/2000 | See Source »

...Israel's occupation of the West Bank and Gaza, and the Israeli demand for security, to be pursued over the barrel of a gun rather than over a shiny table. Although the Palestinians lack the military means to expel the Israelis from the occupied territories, they are able to sustain a low-level war of attrition in the hope that the human cost of maintaining military outposts and civilian settlements in Palestinian areas eventually outweighs any benefit for Israel - as it did in Lebanon. And reports that Hezbollah has put its expertise and assistance at the disposal of Hamas...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: For Israel, the Specter of Lebanon Looms Large | 11/14/2000 | See Source »

There is no nice way to say this: we can't afford another famous liar in the White House. America is a strong country, but it may not be able to sustain another fabulist; one can be called an accident, a trick of history, but two would amount to a culture of governance, a way of being. It is by institutionalizing the acceptability of lies that a great power becomes a punch line...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Campaign 2000: The Case for Bush | 11/6/2000 | See Source »

This team has great potential for upset victories, but it's doubtful that it can sustain a winning record this season...

Author: By Jennie L. Sullivan and Michael R. Volonnino, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Around the ECAC: Big Red Loom Large This Year | 11/3/2000 | See Source »

With his running mate, Nat Goldhaber, Hagelin has garnered support from the New York Independence Party, the Natural Law Party and what he terms "the best of the Reform Party" to try to sustain the party founded by Perot...

Author: By Erica. R. Michelstein, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Dark Horse: Hagelin Campaigns for Natural Law | 10/31/2000 | See Source »

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