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...security services and giving their political leaders a stake in the pursuit of Palestinian statehood along the lines envisaged in the roadmap. The idea of Abbas making common cause with an organization that currently rejects Israel's right to exist and which pioneered suicide bombing as a political tactic deepens Israeli anxiety over just where the roadmap is leading. But Abbas is dealing with the reality that Hamas may now be the most popular Palestinian organization in Gaza and a significant political presence in the West Bank. Hamas may have been something of a radical fringe movement during the salad...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why the Mideast Truce Breaks New Ground | 7/1/2003 | See Source »

Bloomstein told residents they could seek a building moratorium from the City Council, which would effectively halt development projects in the area—a tactic the Riverside neighbors had successfully used to block the building of the art museum. Last June, in an informal straw poll, ANC members voted 24-1, with two abstentions, in favor of seeking a moratorium...

Author: By Jessica R. Rubin-wills, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: All Quiet on the Cambridge Front | 6/5/2003 | See Source »

...probably a diversionary tactic but also a positive step,” she says. “We’d been asking for a long time for centralized resources [to deal with sexual assault...

Author: By Hera A. Abbasi, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: People in the News: Amy Keel '04 | 6/5/2003 | See Source »

...Carnegie Hall, describes this as his first exposure to “creating a little event to recognize a donor for a particular enhancement.” He says this, of course, with a slightly joking air, noting that neither he nor his roommates had much respect for the tactic at the time...

Author: By Alexandra N. Atiya, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Golan to Donors: ’Tis Better To Give for the Arts Than To Receive | 6/4/2003 | See Source »

...laundry detergent and diapers--and often they aren't dropping prices to match. Called a "weight out" in industry parlance, product downsizing lets companies maintain profit margins without raising prices. Faced with a flagging economy and increasingly finicky, cost-conscious consumers, manufacturers have been using this decades-old tactic more aggressively in the past year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Shrink Rap | 6/2/2003 | See Source »

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