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This charge would be hilarious if it weren't so grievous. There are about as many Israelis who want to tear down Aqsa and build the Temple as there are Americans who believe they've flown on UFOS. Secular Jews view the idea of rebuilding the Temple as loony; religious Jews, as sacrilegious. (Only God can rebuild the Temple.) Yet the Palestinian Authority echoed this incendiary libel, calling on Palestinians "to express their anger" over this "aggression on al-Aqsa mosque" and "desecration of the holy places...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A DESECRATION OF THE TRUTH | 10/14/1996 | See Source »

Shedding the shame of last year's disappointing season, the Crimson is on a tear, punishing opponents indiscriminately...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: M. Soccer Red Hot, Ready For Eagles | 10/9/1996 | See Source »

...those very guns were directed against the Israelis themselves last week. A Palestinian witness, confirmed by both The New York Times and The Washington Post, admitted that the Palestinian security forces fired live ammunition upon Israeli soldiers after seeing the Israelis disperse violent protesters with rubber bullets and tear...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Reality Sets In for "Peace Process" | 10/2/1996 | See Source »

...produced laws reforming welfare, making health care portable from job to job and increasing the minimum wage. And just last week Republicans agreed to meet Clinton's demand that they restore the $2.3 billion they had earlier cut from education spending. If what people are asking is not to tear down the House but to make it perform, it may not make a huge difference whether Gingrich or Gephardt is Speaker in January. Either way, the winners of this election may be the voters...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NEWT'S NIGHTMARE | 9/30/1996 | See Source »

...their principal. But the debate has not yet begun! And look!" she continued, with a broad gesture, "your colleagues here are watching not the clash of those who would lead us into the 21st century, but a--a baseball game! I have to know," she said helplessly, as a tear coursed down her smooth cheek, "was it always like this...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WAS IT ALWAYS LIKE THIS? | 9/18/1996 | See Source »

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