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This contempt is the great strength of the materialist, the scornful weapon wielded against all attempts to suggest that the world might still be an enchanted place, that there might be angels and demons abroad in the streets of Cambridge, right beneath our over-educated noses. “Angels and demons?” the materialist sniggers. “Why not believe in fairies...
...President Bush, saying he feared Washington "will lose the support of all your friends in the Middle East." In e-mails and Internet chat rooms, informal networks organize boycotts of American products, from Hollywood films to fast food. There is no sign that Arab producers will use the "oil weapon" and follow Saddam Hussein's decision to halt petroleum production to spike up world prices. Nonetheless, Arab leaders - especially those with close links to the U.S. or relations with Israel - have been quick to react, lest the anger turn to domestic unrest. In Egypt, after days of protesters chanting "Where...
...loan from other agencies. During the Salt Lake City Olympics, for example, two temporary marshals boarded a high-risk flight in the western U.S. According to an airline security official, one of them grabbed a blanket, put his seat back and fell into a deep sleep with his weapon unprotected in a bag at his feet. His partner managed to stay awake, but left his seat to use the bathroom - without rousing his colleague or securing his own gun. A government source says there has never been a case of a permanent Air Marshal falling asleep on duty...
...significance when compared to his actions. Arafat’s Fatah and its associated Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigade have claimed responsibility for a number of suicide bombings. Other organizations, more loosely affiliated with Arafat, have perpetrated many more. Arafat has allied himself with Iran in order to smuggle heavy weapons to Palestinian forces, clearly illustrated by the Karine A weapons-boat debacle, and has refused to jail and hold radical militants. A document released by the Israeli government, found last week in the PA compound in Ramallah, actually details financial compensation demanded by Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigade for its orchestration...
...Omen Armed Thai police have been told not to carry water pistols during Thailand's New Year festival?in case they go for the wrong weapon during water fights...