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...population of Israel, 7 million, is 20 percent Arab. The ratio of Arab to Jewish land is 640:1. If I were an Arab Muslim in, say, Saudi Arabia (830,000 square miles, population 23 million) with its wealth of oil fields along the Persian Gulf, I might wonder why Jews, who blend ethnicity and religion just as Arab Muslims do, should claim so little land when we cover so much. Why does my country house two holy cities—Mecca and Medina—whereas Jews claim but one—Jerusalem, site of the Temple of Solomon...
...presidential campaigns have long been prime occasions to let imaginative idealism run wild. Pie-in-the-sky aspirations of what the UC presidents are able to accomplish proliferate, and often convince even the more disillusioned students, for a moment at least, to wonder whether this may be the year those promises come true...
...buzzer-beater three-pointer from the Wolverines' Jerret Smith puts the Wolverines within six at the half. Stellar Harvard defense down low combined with Michigan's easy misses has kept the Crimson on top. Have to wonder if the Wolverines will stay in their zone or go man-to-man after all those easy Harvard lay-ups. All in all, a low-scoring half, but Harvard on top. HARVARD 28, MICHIGAN...
...Magorium’s Wonder Emporium” bears a strong resemblance to “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory,” except that Mr. Magorium, the Mr. Wonka parallel, doesn’t appear to have a personality disorder and doesn’t use pygmy labor. Unfortunately, “Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium” fails to match, much less outdo, the Wonka story in its breadth of imagination and originality, compensating for its shortcomings with special effects and the celebrity of its two leads. Mr. Magorium’s empire...
...itself is indie college pop in its most unadulterated form. Politically conscious and goofy, country yet polished, Blitzen Trapper’s video collage is nothing if not pure fun. With an ongoing European tour through December, might these guys spread farm boy rock to France? Oui. Another geographical wonder courtesy of Blitzen Trapper...