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Despite all the accolades, Ford earned a reputation among his students as a private and modest teacher with a lean, yet erudite lecture style. He was known to offer tacit guidance rather than overbearing direction...
...Israeli assassination attempt on a terror suspect. Still, it marks a renewed recognition of an old truth: After 1,000 days of a bloody intifada that has claimed the lives of more than 2,400 Palestinians and 800 Israelis, the cease-fire - and the "hudna" - mark a tacit recognition that neither side is able to impose a military solution on the conflict. More than two years of Sharon's hard-line tactics have failed to eliminate the terror threat; instead, the hard-line organizations behind it have grown even more influential over Palestinian political affairs. And 1,000 days...
...After two weeks of the roadmap process, there's a tacit acknowledgment of the limits of Abbas's own authority. Yasser Arafat plainly remains in charge of the PA, and his endorsement remains essential if Abbas is to have even a remote chance of delivering on the security requirements of the "roadmap." Tuesday's reports that Israel is considering freeing Marwan Barghouti - the West Bank Fatah leader accused by Israel of running the movement's militias and terror groups - is a further indicator that those orchestrating the roadmap process are aware that the only workable cease-fire is one endorsed...
...word. Last year, as he lobbied European and Arab leaders to join the coalition against Iraq, Bush swore that in return for their support he would dedicate himself to resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Aides say Bush believes that without the support of Britain's Tony Blair and the tacit acceptance of Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Abdullah, war against Saddam Hussein might not have been possible. "When he needed their help, he made these guys a promise," a senior adviser to the President says. "It sounds like spin, but he takes that stuff seriously...
Frustrated with what they perceived as Harvard’s tacit compliance with an “unjust war,” professors soon began a new movement against Harvard’s holdings in defense contractors profiting from...