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...According to TIME's cover story, "It's not Clear that Anyone has the Ability to Get the Belligerents to Calm Down" in the Middle East. Fortunately, that is completely false. For one, the U.S. could simply tell Israel to stop bombing Lebanon and Gaza or forfeit military aid. Israel would have no choice but to comply. The fact that the Bush Administration has not pursued that avenue to peace indicates that its stated priorities are not its actual goals. Feroze Sidhwa Sugar Land, Texas...
...Hizballah's kidnapping of two Israeli soldiers gives Israel the right to bomb Lebanon, destroy bridges, blow up an international airport, blockade ports and tell people to leave their homes, then why is it wrong for Hizballah to launch rockets into Israel? Since this war started, far more Lebanese civilians have been killed than have Hizballah militants. The war needs to end now. There must be a cease-fire before even more innocents die. Sara Faruqiv Karachi, Pakistan...
...described as "summoning up the whole landscape." The musical chemistry was palpable, and the classical world soon came courting. A slew of commissions, CDs and concert tours has bulked up Barton's impressive c.v., culminating in a performance at the Cit? de la Musique in Paris last November. "I tell you, he was a superstar," reports composer Lim, who was on hand. And refreshingly down-to-earth. While taking a break from recording in Sydney earlier this year, Barton sipped chai tea while reminiscing about his newfound love of Guinness-drinking in Ireland. "Sweet like nectar," he says. The same...
...despite initial traffic snarls and security inconveniences, Chappaqua has adapted so easily to the Clintons' presence. "There's a real sense of pride now, of propriety," says Andrea Klausner, president of the Chappaqua School Foundation. And if there's one thing nearly everyone in town is keen to tell you, it's that the Clintons' arrival has put their little hamlet on the map. "You used to say, 'Chappaqua,' and people would ask, 'Is that where Kennedy drove off the bridge?'" says George Haletzky, a manager at Lange's who has lived in town since 1961. "It was a quiet...
...principle of taqiyya, the practice of hiding one's religious faith under life threatening circumstances. Taqiyya evolved during the early centuries of Islam, when Shi'ite Muslims faced persecution for their minority status at the hands of majority Sunnis. The concept is not, as sometimes described, carte blanche for telling lies or promoting one's interests, but rather a moral pass to tell one very specific lie (?I am not a Shi'ite') expressly to avoid being killed. From this ancient practice that is today irrelevant (in Iran at least, where no one is persecuted for their sect), modern Iran...