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...rising tide of bloodshed on Israel's streets has played badly for Sharon in domestic politics, where he is increasingly vulnerable to mounting pressure from the right to take a harder line with the Palestinians. Two far-right members of his cabinet resigned Tuesday, and the prime minister is no longer the favored candidate of his own party come election time. That may leave him overly reliant on the relatively more dovish Labor Party, to avoid having to call new elections. But the edge of the envelope in Israeli realpolitik is determined by Washington, and Sharon has little choice...
...project has been 20 years in the making. Writer-director Doug Sharples was inspired by Allen Ginsburg, who in 1982 staged a ten-day celebration of Kerouac intended, as Sharples remembers, to “turn the tide against the literary establishment that was still leery of Kerouac even thirteen years after his death...
...years since, Ginsburg’s tide-turning effort has proved undeniably successful, and critics who were once quick to write off the author have for the most part either changed their minds or passed into oblivion...
...likely to be just an inaugural skirmish in a protracted legal battle against online video piracy. Movie moguls might ask their colleagues in the music biz for a few pointers on this. For the past three years, record companies have been trying to turn back the rising tide of online music trafficking. Napster, the pioneering Web service that allowed computer users to share their libraries of MP3 tunes, lost a high-profile court case against the big record labels in 2001 and is all but out of operation. But similar services have emerged, and many think a decline...
Motor yachts and sailboats made by Beneteau have kept moving even through the low tide of recession. The 118-year-old family-run French boatmaker expects net profit to grow nearly 3%, past $50 million in fiscal 2002. That's attributable to more efficient production and design, a varied product line that sells even during tough times, and the leadership of Roux, 59, who has kept Beneteau on course since she and her late brother took the helm...