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...Obama's greatest achievement is casting off the paranoia of the Bush-Cheney era. Opening up to Iran and Syria, getting closer to Turkey and dissociating the war on terror from the vast Muslim world are good signs. The test as always will be Israel and Palestine - and his window of opportunity may be no wider than the next 100 days. Will he define his vision of the two-state solution as compared to that of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman of Israel: more settlements, cantonization and no control over water rights or travel? Lieberman...
...people abroad, Obama's greatest achievement is casting off the paranoia of the Bush-Cheney era. Opening up to Iran and Syria, getting closer to Turkey and dissociating the war on terror from the vast Muslim world are good signs. The test as always will be Israel/Palestine - and his window of opportunity may be no wider than the next 100 days. Will he define his vision of the two-state solution as compared to Netanyahu and Lieberman's: more settlements, cantonization and no control over water rights or travel? Lieberman has said, "Believe me, America accepts all our decisions." Will...
...apartment, walked out the door, and sold the unit to a Russian man on the street for double his purchase price. The man paid cash. In just 20 minutes Mohamed had made $408,000. The lesson: "In Dubai, you can throw your ethics and economics textbooks right out the window, because the rules just don't apply...
...centered on pedometers, which count employees' steps. The pedometers are linked to a computer system that converts the steps into "healthmiles" - points that can be exchanged for up to $500 a year in cash or gift cards from merchants like Target and Bed Bath & Beyond. "You look out the window here at lunchtime and see people with pedometers on, walking all over the place," says Greg Williams, the company's safety and health director. Williams, 48, says he has lost 40 lb. and lowered his blood pressure since starting a pilot version of the program last summer, which...
...contact the residents until 5:32 PM, and the only community-wide e-mail we all received was from Dean Evelynn M. Hammonds dealing with, of all things, the shuttle service. Tired of waiting afraid in her Kirkland room, Sarah A. Sherman ’09 opened her window and asked a police officer in the courtyard what was going on. He replied succinctly: “Read about it in the newspapers...