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...chain reaction that once again tips the balance in the Bush administration towards a more forceful push for peace. Whatever course Israel chooses, the Gaza dilemma highlights the extent to which Washington's recent piecemeal efforts to stabilize the situation have not filled the security and political vacuum left in the wake of Israel's "Operation Defensive Shield." And Hamas has made clear that it plans a whole season of suicide bombs to wreck any resumption of the peace process...
...satisfy senators that he's made his case for an invasion before the American people. Second, Bush will have to spell out "what happens after you succeed," says this senior aide. Will the administration remain in Iraq for the long haul after Saddam is overthrown? "Who fills the vacuum?" asks Sen. John Warner, the senior Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee. "Are there persons who exist who can step in and gain the confidence of the Iraqi people and lead that nation?" Bush, he argues, must "inform the American people and others of the consequences of a significant military...
...have the word dream in the title. He may want to perform more provocative material, but he knows he can't. Though their profession calls for them to strut onstage like rebels, Burma's rockers can only mime the anti-establishment part. Zaw Win Htut works in the sanitized vacuum of a country run by military rulers who view him automatically as a threat, a potential subversive, because he holds a microphone. Burma's cultural input is zealously monitored and artistic expression heavily censored. Musicians are controlled right down to the length of their hair. Outdoor concerts are seldom allowed...
...Shakeel and Dawood can't return to Bombay because they bombed the city in 1993. The Bombay underworld did not set off the bombs, which killed 257 people, in a vacuum. It relied on the tacit understanding if not outright support of Bombay's Muslim community, which had recently been traumatized by riots in which hundreds had been burned alive, stabbed, and shot by Hindu street mobs. The blasts reminded the Hindu community that the Muslims were not powerless...
Ideally, popularly elected public school officials would demonstrate the creativity, resourcefulness and resolve to improve Philadelphia schools. Time has shown that they are unable to do so; in the vacuum of ideas left in public officials’ wake, we welcome a chance to offer better education to all. We wish the Staff cared more about children than the details of school administration...