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Israelis normally react furiously when comparisons are drawn between their treatment of Palestinians and the behavior of South Africa's racist regime. But this time, does it matter? The writing is on the Palestinian side, and the only Israelis who see it are soldiers patrolling in humvees. And as Van Oel points out, the Israelis aren't the only ones the messages are aimed at. "A Palestinian taxi driver once told me that he likes the writing on the wall, even though he can't read it," he says. "He's reassured that Palestinians haven't been forgotten...
...train journey from Chongqing to Beijing is expected to fall from 25 hours to seven by 2015. That's just the start. Another runway will be added to Chongqing's airport, the electrical grid will be upgraded, $5.8 billion will be spent on improving public water supplies, and wastewater treatment will be expanded to cover 90% of urban sewage, up from about 70% now. (See pictures of China's electronic waste village...
When tattoo artist Brandon Bond heard about a new tattoo ink that could be removed with a single laser treatment, he wasn't just skeptical - he was ticked off. The Atlanta-based designer considers the work he has inked on everyone from rapper 50 Cent to champion boxer Floyd Mayweather, Jr. to be pieces of art, almost sacred, so marketing them as disposable was nothing short of an insult...
...mainstream press. Boehlert finds engaging stories among his eccentric band of activists, including the paralegal who scored a personal call from Obama for running the candidate's largest MySpace fan page. But those profiles get bogged down in grinding detail and tiresome accounts of blogosphere squabbling. A less fawning treatment might also acknowledge drawbacks to a medium that, like talk radio on the right, too often amplifies rage over reason...
...courses were coeducational, there were subtle gender barriers that ultimately convinced her to leave the concentration for the English department.Sabath says her music teachers periodically discouraged her from pursuing a career in music, claiming that the field was not appropriate for women.Yet she claims that even faced with such treatment, women’s issues were not on her mind when she was at Radcliffe.“At Radcliffe, I didn’t have these feelings, and I’m not sure anyone else did because we didn’t discuss...