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...shatter-resistant. People are paying. The Palestinian uprising is 2 1/2 years old. It has hardened into a dreary, bitter ritual. The reciprocal stoning and beating obey Newton's Third Law of Motion--for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. Each side has found its threshold of acceptable suffering and cruelty...
...proposed new thinking substantially lowers the threshold for launching nuclear strikes - it even calls for a new generation of tactical "bunker-buster" nukes to destroy underground arsenals of biological weapons. Not exactly a doomsday weapon of last resort. And the idea of giving nuclear weapons a more everyday function in military thinking has certainly shocked both America's allies and its adversaries...
...Mountain of the Women: Memories of an Irish Troubadour is Clancy’s account of the youthful meanderings that eventually brought him to the threshold of a famed musical career. The book is a collection of the vivid memories of an aging man attempting to recapture the glory of his youth, and there is no lack of compelling stories, both humorous and sad. In the first half of the memoir, Clancy grows up in the shadow of the Slievenamon (“Mountain of the Women” in English), so named for the nipple-like cairn...
...protest segregation, they were clearly justified. But legitimate coercive protest can only be founded upon a narrow range of the most critical issues. Improving the wages of Harvard’s lowest-paid workers, while a laudable and important goal, is an example that does not meet this threshold...
...that's out of your league, plenty of high-net worth advisers will work with you. Most require $100,000 to $1 million of investable money to open an account, and they will provide personalized tax service and mutual-fund investing. For VIP treatment, $10 million is the threshold. Firms usually charge about 1% of assets each year and negotiate down for larger portfolios...